Raige Creations

Clarity Through the Mist photo courtesy of Raige Creations This is the beautiful scene as I was running on Monday. The fog was drifting over the water so brilliantly, it was a great distraction from the run. I was on a route that I don't often use, around Lake Louise.  I ended up going farther than usual, mainly because I had to go around the loop more than 3 times to get my usual 3 miles. Then I had to get back to where I head home, so I logged 3.38 miles. Almost all of it a run. The day started out pretty good.  Hard to believe how the day changed , but it is a lesson in enjoyment of the moment , because moments change, moods change, and if I didn't have that good morning I can't even image how truly bad the day would have turned out . I was glad to see this picture today. It reminded me of the beauty right outside my door. It reminded me that I will see clarity at some point, I will find my way. Even if I can't see it exactly, once I get settled after...

Tuesday, I woke up yesterday, a much needed day off, and got the kids off to school, sat down to check what was going on online, and promptly dozed right off. The phone rang, mostly woke me up, but I soon dozed off again. Most of the morning went this way, in and out of sleep, plenty lazy. The thick fog of the mountains.  Normally, you can see mountains in the background. photo courtesy of   Raige Creations I spent the morning in this hazy foggy dozy state. On a day off, you can allow yourself to be foggy, doze off. No pressing issues, just some quiet time, relaxing time. Perfect for a day off. (Apparently I needed the sleep too. Perhaps I have not been sleeping as good as I thought I was....) Dog saying 'Come on Mom, aren't you coming?' photo courtesy of   Raige Creations The foggy views here are actually from Monday,not Tuesday wehn I really could have used them. Monday was a day I could not allow myself the luxury of such a nice lazy morning, like the wea...

Some days, the distractions are a welcome relief to the stresses that are going on in your life.  I am lucky that, if I go far enough, on my run I can have such a fantastical distraction. Let me explain..... It was a beautiful foggy morning the other day - I was actually glad it was grey and foggy, it seemed to match my mood. After my warm up hill, and run through downtown, my mood wasn't much improved. This led me to want to go just a little farther. I thought it would be the one thing that would get me through the day, that I pushed myself and succeeded.  'A little extra distance would be the only thing I could be happy about today' , I thought. The stresses were so bad I didn't know how I was going to make it through the day. But then I noticed the most unusual thing. Upon what had I come across? What the was this bursting from the ground? A snake! A very large snake. Then, what should I see, a wizard to greet me? With a wise owl no less.  And th...

Crow on a Branch in the Fog Yesterday, it was foggy. A real thick, dark, grey, scary movie kind of fog.  Something about it, and the schedule I wanted to keep, made me want to put on my new walking shoes and get out there in the fog.  I know I talked about fog before, a few times. Each time I talk about it, I realize I am in a different frame of mind. Either in a fog myself , or  happy to greet the fog , sometimes it's  spectacular fog  or the  challenges becoming clear in the fog .  Foggy Hill   Yesterday, I had a completely different reaction to the fog.  A scary movie walk kind of fog which in my mind was set to be FUN FOG.  I realized how important attitude can be. On most other days, I would look out at the fog, ponder its wonderful wet beauty, and say to myself - ' No walk right now' . Yesterday, all I could think was - 'Hey, that would be a cool walk !' Tiny Spiderweb in the Bush With the 'scary movie walk' ...

Climbing up on Solsbury Hill I can see the city lights Wind was blowing Time stood still Streetlight Shrouded in Fog View from my driveway this morning It is a song of new beginnings and new challenges , and New Years and Mondays always bring new beginnings and new challenges. For me, the challenge will be gearing up for Toekini season and finding shows and festivals to apply for this year.  The challenge is  putting to motion plans Raige has had since last fall,  to think Summer in the middle of winter, and really push Raige to productivity! What challenges will you face this week, and this year? Hazed Path View of my driveway this morning

After a more or less successful NaBLoWriMo , where I posted 29 out of 31 days of the month in October, I found this week I had a VERY difficult time getting a post done! Not for lack of trying. At this point I have 5 posts started, none 'feeling right'. View from the top of the hill on our street. I wanted to challenge myself to post every day in November too, but "the writer Raige" apparently needed a little vacation. Missed Walking on Wednesday and the rest of the week ! During this "vacation" however, Raige was working very hard on creating her own website . T his weekend is our set deadline for taking the website live. And I thought, or rather justified to myself, that it would be okay to not post a blog because I was about to take an entire website live. I was getting pretty stressed about my neglect of this blog, but tried to make myself feel better by saying a much bigger thing was about to be shared.  Sound like BS, doesn't it?  We can j...

I say that SO much here since we moved. I just can't help it. There is just something that hits me when I take a minute and take in the surroundings. The thought pops in my head, it is beautiful . What is beautiful? Everything . Early this morning, the fog was thick and beautiful. Then the sun came out and is sparkling through the trees.  And the cool breeze is coming thought the windows blowing the curtains. The cicadas are singing their songs. It is just a beautiful day. No matter that we are completely stressed about money. No matter that Raige's sales are slow. No matter I have a list of chores to do and projects to finish. No matter that the path I was looking for is no clearer than when I started looking for it. All that I have is beautiful day after beautiful day. That seems to be what this song is about . We may not have lost everything just yet, soon enough we will reach that point, but we are happier than ever knowing we have the opportunity to walk down our...

I was up early today. Very early. Maybe not early to some, it was light out, the birds were chirping, the cat wanted to be fed.  (well, our cat wants to be fed not matter what time the first person is out of bed.....) Mountain Fog, from   http://100wordchallenge.com/ It was about 6:30am. This is the time I normally get up during the school year. (The kids need someone to make sure they are up and catch the bus.) But this summer, we all have been enjoying sleeping right through the entire six o'clock a.m. hour. In fact, sometimes we sleep through the 7, 8, and 9 o'clock hours too. But this morning, I woke up and just couldn't get back to sleep. My mind started racing with all the things I hadn't accomplished, all the things I had to do, all the projects started but not finished, the bills that had to be paid, and the stress of how we were going to pay them. Early Morning Crossing, from  http://mobiusfaith.wordpress.com/ Laying in bed with all these thoughts w...