Tenor and Me

Ive now spent my birthday money from January on my new Tenor Recorder and its so mellow and soulful. I'm glad I worked through the Alto first to see if I could stick with it. The Alto hurt my deaf ear on the high notes and that's why I have decided to go down a few octaves. Its a stretch for my fingers but Ill get used to it.

One thing I don't understand though, is how come the Alto was in the key of F and the Tenor is in the key of C and I can just play the same songs on both using the same holes. Does any one know? Does anyone care?

And twice now I have seen my eyes as blue in photos.

Crazy Stuff

Friends - a couple of crazy things happened to me today. First I woke up I saw a strange arm right next to me. Immediately thought about the blokes that would rather naw their arm off rather than wake the person they brought home the previous night... It took a few moments to realize it was my arm, but a thinner arm. You know the part where the leg of mutton sleeves usually sit. That's the part that's shrunk. Then just now sitting down to do some blogging I heard my phone beep with a message so I went to my bag and had to empty it out on the table because its so full of junk I couldn't find the phone. In the meantime this little froggy (pictured) appeared. I'm so slack now on the chocoholic frenzies I must have forgotten to eat it weeks ago, coz I cant remember buying it. Hes safely tucked inside my belly now. But this really concerns me because it means I'm not driven to eat every piece of sweet thing I can find. Its a sign of the responsible adult emerging.

Personal Best

Today is one of those "taking it up a notch" days. I walked 6.8kms around the lake. Ive been wanting to do it for the past 2 years but was too scared that my knees would get 1/2 way round and then give out. My friend Ebbs has been here for 4 short days and I asked her to take me on this walk before she left to go back to Moama. This woman has in the past,taken me to some very unusual places... like tobogganing down the side of a snowy mountain in a tractor tube.. ... up a huge mountain by foot to see the most awesome views of Halls Gap in Victoria. Both those times I was utterly exhausted, thinking I cant make it and both those times my spirit soared smoothly for days afterwards on the high of sucsess. Today is no different. I'm so sleepy, so happy and so hopeful. I feel like a floppy puppy all contented. I love Miss Ebberle... we address each other as Miss Ebberle and Miss Scott always. When we went into a shop yesterday talking to each other like this, the lady behind the counter asked me if I was Miss Ebberles school teacher. It was a total crack up.

Art Therapy 16

Yesterday we worked with ideas around boundaries and authenticity. This is my drawing of what authenticity looks like to me. It has clear boundaries, its transparent, its has healing (green) inside and out and opaque parts that are solid.

My question was to myself last night can you be authentic and have no boundaries? Ive come up with yes. The reason is when I was living in Katherine there was a scene down the river where some traditional people were hanging out. There was a woman crying that loud deep hurting that is soul crushing. Because it was in the riverbed it echoed what seemed to be the length of the Katherine River all the way to the sea. Ill never forget that sound. At that time I felt she had very little in the way of boundaries but was still in some way 100% authentic.

Random 2

Two weeks ago I saw a young girl (17 ish)with her baby about a month old at the food court. The girl looked like she had been doing it hard. Looked like shes been anorexic or on drugs at one stage. She was the image of a woman totally in love with her baby. I decided that I would go to Daryl Lee just down the corridor a bit and buy her a box of chocolates. When I returned it looked like her mother had joined her. I was a bit hesitant, will I or wont I approach them and decided bugger it I will. I walked up to their table and gave the girl the chocolates and said Ive been watching you and you are such a beautiful mother that I wanted to buy you this box of chocolates. She said thanks and I just took off.

Anyway on my way out at lunch time I saw her again. Shes had a hair cut and looked all dressed up and the baby did too. She didn't see me but I put up so many prayer for this cute couple.

Random Acts Of Kindness

At the lights in the city today, the windscreen washer guy came to me. I motioned "No" because I had just been through the car wash. After the upsetting time at church, I thought I needed to do an Act of Kindness. So I motioned him back and gave him the 70 cents I had left. He was wrapped. Then he went straight to this young girls car and started washing her windscreen. She was gesturing "No" rigorously but he kept right on. By the time the lights changed colour there were 3 smiling people... The washer guy, the young girl and me.

Angelika

Today I went to Braidwood to buy my nephew (Adrian) his birthday present (20 today). I couldn't get the bamboo socks I wanted for him in Canberra so I drove 86km to Braidwood for them. If you are a "Comfy Sock" maiden like me then these are the pinnacle of comfy socks. They are warm in winter, cool in summer and have an anti-bacterial natural action. While I was there I met 4 people I knew. 3 of them live there and then Angelika, my new German friend was just coming in the door as I was going out of the material shop. We couldn't believe it. We often do this. Think about each other then one of us rings or texts. I said wheres your car? She said its the Silver one just over there. It was parked right next to mine.

I spent time at the local Catholic Church praying. It was lovely. It has fabulous stained glass windows. I always visit it when in Braidwood.

6:38am

View from my window this morning. I love having my little digital camera, that I can just whip out and snap a beuatuiful moment in nature. The front section of my appartment was awash in this awesome pinky orange. Godde you are so.......

Todays Quote - Anonymous

God doesn't give you the people you want, He gives you the people you NEED. To help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you and to make you into the person you were meant to be.

This has come at the right time for me.

Botanical Gardens

How beautiful this yellow, gray and deep green go together? Nothing like the botanical gardens to sooth my spirit. The sounds and sights, the gently breeze, so cool brushing my face gently. I'm puring.