spring evening

-charcoal grill- twinkly lights-domino game- short story (in an anthology)-

my urban garden

pepper plants have now been repotted in diet coke bottles

herbs- thyme, rosemary, lavender and mint

tomatoes in the red flyer wagon

we also have some seeds in egg cartons- cilantro, basil and jalepanoes

a beautiful day

i was planning to spend some time this evening contemplating why i am not lsoing weight as quickly as i could be...

i changed my mind (at least for the time being).

i think that one of the missing pieces was/is beauty. instead of thinking of working out or eating right as what i need to do but think of these activities as acts of beauty. enjoy what is here.

for instance, cleaning the house instead of ticking of the things i have done i want to see these acts as cultivating a home or body that is beautiful.

or working out and enjoying the endorphins afterward, the power during and the mental fortitude beforehand. instead of heaving and dreading. today sam and i worked out- working out with sam is a beautiful thing to me.

today i planted an urban garden- we have pots of herbs and a red wagon with tomato plants. when we buy more soil, we will have a diet-coke crate (with 2-liter bottles as planters) full of sweet green peppers. i think these things are beautiful.

family

cutains on a rainy day

beautiful

beautiful-
i seek beauty and try (at times neurotically) to create beauty
i often in creating beauty i am frustrated by what to do with the beautiful product
like the reams of pictures
large paintings
all seem a little less than practical especially in a place where space is a premium and the outside is cluttered that i need the inside to be clutter-free

over the last couple months, days, minutes i have had some revelations
beauty is found in a lovely healthy meal
in a garden
in a body-
i could make my body beautiful- i rarely invest time here
what if i had a routine for food and body?

i guess this leaves the mind and soul- how does one cultivate a beautiful mind and soul?