Sometimes I wish I were a Queen

And had servants coming at my will

Or perhaps I'd  be a maiden fair

With suitors waiting, at every window sill

Sometimes I wish I were a knight

And my life just one adventure story

Or how about a famous dancer

Every moment bringing glory ?

Sometimes I wish I were the Pope

Kind honest , good and strong

Then I think I'd rather be a toddler forever

Not knowing what's right and what's wrong

Sometimes I wish I were a Sailor

On the Ocean and the deep wide sea

The I do some Soul Searching

and Realize,

I like being Me. !

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I hope your not all sick of Seeing Autumn Leaves and Sun..

Have a Great Monday and Week.

Thank You to you all for your Visits & Kind Words of Encouragement.

You all mean more to me than I can put into words

Peace and Blessing to you all.

Until Next Time

Lisa xo

also My Sister is arriving today to spend a few days. She is visually Challenged  ,missing  many things when visiting blogs , loves to view and take photos also. I Plan on bringing her around to see each of you.

Keep Smiling and Laughing also.

Risks

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk being called sentimental
To reach out to another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas, your dreams before the crowd is to risk being called naive.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair, and to try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, and becomes nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live.
Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave, he's forfeited his freedom.
Only the person who risks is truly free.

- Leo F. Buscalia

 

 

 

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Leaves are falling, 

soft as snowflakes,
Red and yellow, gold and brown;
The breeze laughs gaily in the treetops,
Shaking all the colour down.

Leaves are covering the gardens
As my blanket covers me.
When cold winter comes, the flowers
Will be warm as warm can be.

I still don’t feel well…  I’m taking some time away  as hard as it may be I need too and this is so hard for me.

Thanks for coming by RedWillow.

Each and Everyone one of you mean so much to me its hard to put into words.

There are also a few others that are close to my Heart here that aren't feeling well.

Keep Warm, and Keep Getting Well ,   Keeping all of you in My Prayers  .

My Love to you all..

Lisa xoxo

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RedWillow ♥

So many expectation !!

We all know that the demands of everyday living can be high , and the expectations of others can be even higher.  The Expectations I put on my self are enough…. let alone sometimes deal with the rest of world.

The Media has an endless list of messages telling us how to look ,  how to behave,  how to even Dress, and yes even eat.

Even our Families and Friends. have expectations .  And we try hard to meet them or at least I admit I do.  It even goes to say we all can expect the same from our Family and Friends and they too have a hard time  meeting them. We all do it from time to time in some form.  I know I do. Its something to think about. I have thought about this a lot in the  last few days..  I shouldn’t expect this from myself or anyone else.

I ‘v started to think about balance , and how hard I have pushed myself in the last months. .

and especailly tonight. I cant sleep until I get this said and done.

I’m very  far from perfect ,I think some of you know that..  a work in progress and always will be. Its only human.

Part of Pushing , Part of the expectations  Parts of it all . I'm not Perfect and no one else is either.

Now that I have that off my Heart , I can say working through this one  I no longer have a migraine and starting to feel like I should .

Until Next time.

Have a Great Monday and  Week ..

Lisa xo

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Climb the Hills thought yesterday

and remember laughing as you ran hard and fast 

and tried really hard to keep up with someone who possessed 

a stronger , longer Pace.

I haven’t been around much .  I haven’t felt myself for a few days . Last night it hit me hard. I’ve had Migraine that I haven't  experience in years.  I'm just resting and wishing all who might stop a Great Weekend.

I hope tomorrow I’m back to feeling good. Thank God for Doctors and Medication.

I can get a visual of the warm night I took these Sunsets in August.

From my Heart to yours , my Key Board to yours

Much Love

Lisa.

  Can you see a Big Heart in this Sunset. ? 

"Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again."
~ Joseph Campbell  ~

Come on In an Sit a while.

Did you have a "secret place" while growing up? A special place where you could escape the world around you and find safety and refuge from life for awhile? It may have been an outward, physical place ... or an inward place in your mind ... or maybe a little of both. I have realized that, even as an adult, I still need that sacred spaces I can go to from time to time.

The Greatest Place of all is my Walk and Living in His  Grace , Peace , Love and Light.

Peace  and Blessing

Lisa

All Images are taken the same day , same place as the Bees with with the same Lens , My Macro. After taking my Tripod up and

down these stairs and all over the park I did find a Quite Place to Sit . 

Ever have a bad Hair Day.. I 've had a few in row .

I thought why fight it , and just keep Dancing in the Wind...

Dancing in the Wind with my Friends.,

  You have all been with with me in my  Thoughts and Prayers.

 Smiles ,Laughs , and Hugs to you all.

Thanks for Stopping.

Lisa xo

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 these words written by me are also not to used without my permission. Thankyou.

Lisa , RedWillow Photography

you are the wind in my hair

and you are the  kiss on my cheek

you are my pillar of strength  I try to lean on everyday

you are the arms and comfort I always seek.

you are the rays of sunshine ,

you are the fresh morning dew ,

you are the tears in my eyes,

a smile that is  mine

you are wildflowers  each in there  special place

you always answer my prayers,

you are a safe place  to lay with satin and lace

all you ask

is my heart, my  love

Lisa

These Sunsets are straight out of my Camera .

 No adjustments . Rain was coming across the lake and again I was on the run.

 This one I was just about in the Rain. The focal points  are a little  off  . It happens to me all the time.

Striving for  Success
I realized
that I had to, in order to be happy
with myself.

I rejected people's opinions
until I learned that
people would have opinions
about me anyway.

I was scared of  rejection
until I learned to love and
have faith in myself.

I couldn't take pain
until I learned that
it's necessary
for growth.

I feared the truth
until I saw the
ugliness in lies.

I didn't know how to live life
until I experienced and have seen its
its beauty.

I feared death
until I realized that it's
not an end, but a beginning.

I tried to control my destiny,
until I realized that
I have the power to change
my life, not anyone else.

I couldn't understand hate
until I saw that it
was nothing more than
ignorance.

I  love,
it touches my heart,
making time fade
into endless sunny days.

I hated ridicule
until I learned how
to laugh and smile at myself.

  Growing and Searching
I realized that
I gain wisdom every day.

I've sometimes been un certain about the future
until I've realized that
life just keeps getting
better.

I tried to forget somethings in  the past
until I've realized
it could no longer hurt me.

I feared the dark
until I saw the beauty
of the moon  and stars

I live in His  Light
and  I learned that only His
Truth can and will give me
strength everyday.

I have seen that in change

even the most beautiful Bird

has to undergo a significant change...

before it could fly.

unknown   :)

Sending my Love to all who stop by

Lisa xo

Brothers in Arms

These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms
Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've watched all your suffering
As the battles raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms
There's so many different worlds
So many different's suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones
Now the suns gone to hell
And the moons riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But its written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
Were fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

by...
Dire Straits

Keep Looking for the peacefulness you are searching for .

   Keep believing in the balance you have worked so hard to achieve ...

       Keep trying to be all that you are and all the you Dream to be..

          Always Dane with the Wind  and Keep Shining 

I had so much fun making this , I had to share it.

Hope someone gets a good Laugh.

Have a Great Day, Im off to take photos somewhere.

Lisa

This is my last Post for a few days until I get caught up on everyones blogs.

Im falling behind in too many things in my life and here as well.

See you around the Blogs .

Until next time. ~Lisa~

Everybody should have there own personal sounds to listen for- sounds that will make

them

so  alive  also  quite and calm.

Kindness ~  Flowers ~  Saying I'm Sorry ~ Afternoon Naps ~ Rain ~ Thunderstorms ~

Sad Movies~  Quite Times ~ Friends ~ Imagination ~ God~

Sympathy ~ Trust ~  A Good Book ~ Music ~ Wisdom~  Sunrises ~ Sunsets ~ Lightening ~

Hugs ~ Smiles ~ Laughter ~  Milestones ~ Spring Days ~ Prayers ~

Memories~ Admitting when your wrong ~ You~ Saying I Love You ~ Candlelight ~ 

Romance ~ Family ~ Dogs ~ Cats ~ Honest work~ Hard Work~ Faith ~ Seashells ~

Birds  ~ Feathers ~ Butterflies ~ Bubble Baths ~  A Scene of Wonder ~ Hope ~

Peace ~ Contentment ~ A Child's Art ~ Your own Art ~  A Good Cup of Coffee ~

Tea ~ Hot Chocolate ~ Holidays ~ Summer Nights ~ Moonlight ~

Lemon Cake ~ Cinnamon Buns~

Curiosity ~ The Smell of Rain ~ The Smell of a Baby ~  The Sound of Music ~Passion ~

~Dancing in the Rain ~

~Dancing to the Beat of Your Own Drum ~

Kissing ~ Puppies ~ Gratitude ~ Blogs ~ Nature ~ Holding Hands ~

~Dreams~ Calm ~ Peace~ Inner Beauty ~ Creative ~

It been awhile since I 've felt creative.  As it warms here and the leaves start to pop slowly , the sun is warmer with  Seasons change things will turn around for me and others that my feel the same way....  or I may be the only one.

Hope all have a Wonderful Weekend . Stay safe .

Until next time

~Lisa ~

Photos from August 2007 by Lisa

Today when I was out , I drove to a small lake that I have only been too a few times.

I had to see if the Ice was in fact  melting  off the lake.  There is no beach it's  just a Lake.

Nothing there, but water , ice , trees and Nature. Off in the Distance I could hear the Geese, Duck

the Sea Gulls playing  together in what little open water they could find.  It amazed me that they don't freeze. 

The Trees still bare but looked so Beautiful with the Sun shinning on them.  So alive with the wind moving them in Rhythm to the Changes in Life. We all change and grow . Some of it's hard and some comes so easy. You know this so well   and so do I.

As I stood , watched and listened I said a Prayer for you today, and for I and , for everyone.

It was  a Prayer of Thanks for Everything.  My Journey has not always been easy and I know God only gives us as much as we can handle.

I don't have to say this , but you know I am always here for you.

I also Pray for you  to have Strength for the Journey.

 I know you have this Strength and so much more.  

with all my Love ,

Lisa J

Life

~unknown~~

If the Sun refuses to come out tomorrow

and the rain falls too much to bring rainbows to your sky, please know that I am here

with my heart wide open... a shoulder to lean on and a great big umbrella to help keep

you  Dry.

This Little Baby's moms milk is drying up.  We have started to bottle feed this little one. She is about a week old. We buy formula in a small pouch and mix it with warm water. It cost about $10 to $12  dollars Canadian for one bottle of milk.

Until Next time ,

Lisa xo

Had to Show off my New Puddle Jumpers.  I Love my New Boots.

Getting Ready for Spring.