rambles and wandering

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I unplugged my tv today. Told my kids to go outside and find something to do that doesn’t involve a screen. 

..wondering how long it will last. 

I am captivated by today’s skies  (Taken with instagram)

I am captivated by today’s skies (Taken with instagram)

My new reading spot at the end of the day. Just beneath that window is my veggie patch. There are so many birds in my neighbourhood.

My new reading spot at the end of the day. Just beneath that window is my veggie patch. There are so many birds in my neighbourhood.

OMG LOOOOOOOOK! I couldn’t live here, because I’m clumsy even though I’m small, so I’d fall out of the bed and break all the precious, but I’m having a hard time imagining life being worth living without something like this in my backyard, just to look at. 

(Source: brain-food, via alsoicankillyouwithmybrain)

@real_smartazz Teeeehhheeeeeee. I didn’t cry this time, but it came close. 

@real_smartazz Teeeehhheeeeeee. I didn’t cry this time, but it came close. 

(Source: textfromdog)

Love snuggles.

Love snuggles.

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: sonder

dictionaryofobscuresorrows:

n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate…

@real_smartazz - I don’t know why this makes me think of you, but it does. A thousand random alternate universes. 

When I talk of forgiveness, I mean the belief that you can come out the other side a better person. A better person than the one being consumed by anger and hatred. Remaining in that state locks you in a state of victimhood, making you almost dependent on the perpetrator. If you can find it in yourself to forgive, then you are no longer chained to the perpetrator. You can move on, and you can even help the perpetrator to become a better person too.

—Archbishop Desmond Tutu (via aubreyroad)

It´s natural to want someone you love to do what you want, or what you think would be good for them, but you have to let everything happen to them. You can’t interfere with people you love any more than you’re supposed to interfere with people you don’t even know. And that’s hard…because you often feel like interfering -you want to be the one who makes the plans.

Oooh, I needed this reminder, i think.

John Irving (via creatingaquietmind)

(Source: middlenameconfused, via creatingaquietmind)

Get involved. You don’t want to look back on your life and realize that you successfully managed to stay out of it.

—Robert Brault (via creatingaquietmind)

Treehotel

Not sure how long I could stay in a 4x4x4m space, but I’d give it a good go if that space was here.