A bit of this and that

First - I will just share a bit of spring lovin'! These greeted me this morning when I went out with the trash. Made me smile to see the sun and the color. Finally, spring is here and the flowers and birds are having a party. There were no less than 6 or 7 species of birds at the feeder this morning.

Perceptions. That is what comes to mind when I loaded this picture. When I looked out the kitchen window while making dinner, and saw these two laying in the grass like that, I grabbed the camera and ran out expecting to capture a beautiful "laying in the grass in the spring looking at the clouds in the sky" moment between father and daughter. instead, as I get closer and can hear what is going on, I can hear a pretty intense conversation going on. Funny how we can't see that from the distance and my perception of the moment was totally wrong. I am grateful to no end, that hanging out made K. feel comfortable enough to start to open up a bit and we got to the bottom, after a few hours of tears and conversation, of some of her reservations abut her therapy. I won't say "all better" now - but she had fun there last night and did awesome! She is really coming along. Got a B on her "pop" quiz in math last week, and we are anxiously awaiting a social studies test. Her hardest subject. The problem being now she thinks since she seems to be doing better, she can quit now. But we worked it all out. Now that I look back at this picture I get a mixture of emotions. I would for it to have been a more simple moment between father and daughter. A laying in the sun memory for both of them. They had just finished throwing the football around. But am also grateful that they were talking.

Perception - how we see a situation, and skewed by hundreds of life experiences and filters.

So perceptions can be deceiving. Reminds me in life, that our perceptions of a situation are often wrong. I often make snap decisions from my gut based on what I "think" is going on. I am a "fixer" - "make it all better right away" type. I have also been judged by what people have "thought" was going on based on what they percieved as true. This reminds me perhaps that I need to get a little closer to the situation before I can truly know what is going on. But I also accept the fact that I am an honest truthful person who doesn't believe in letting things go and I often just react to the moment. I am trying to find a balance and will probably succeed in my 80's or so!

Funny how one simple picture makes me think of all these things?

And had to finish with one darn happy dog. Can you just see her smiling?

she just finished chasing the football with the kids and J. ,flopped down next to her "people" in the grass, and was just happy as a clam in mud. She really is a great dog.