Moon on the Water Original Painting by Amy Drago

"The moon is at her full, and riding high, Floods the calm fields with light. The airs that hover in the summer sky Are all asleep tonight." ~ William C. Bryant

Nature offers healing

It's been a long time since i wrote for this blog and please excuse me as my writing is rusty I feel. I have hard a very tough year of illness and last month I thought I was recovering and maybe had even escaped it all as I felt so well, but sadly no, I am back to pain again. The weather is beautiful today I'm wishing for rain because when its raining I feel I have an "excuse" for resting. I was never good at "being sick" my mind is active and wanting to kayak, hike, travel, and anything physical with this beautiful weather. It's hard to talk about illness and people generally don't like to face it. Artists are not expected to be sick. It's better to disappear from social media and remain quiet until you are feeling better. People don't like to hear a person is ill or not feeling well.  I think it reminds them that they too could face it.  I have been struggling for years with autoimmune disease and now I have new struggle to add to the list, endometriosis. I had a surgery in march and was hoping I could walk away from anymore surgery with natural medicine and all the wonderful gardening the spring and summer brings! I was so excited when last month I actually felt well for more days than usual but sadly none of this lasted.

Being sick and learning how to be sick is a challenge. It's a lot of accepting and being and counting blessings.  It's a lot of looking at the beauty around you and trying to experience it because when in pain it is a struggle to actually see beauty. But today i made a decision to snap some pics and share the beauty I was seeing. I didn't want this apset of myself to disappear too!  I hope they bring a little joy to your heart. To see this beauty and experience it is a gift I take for granted to often. And nature always offers this free gift to us. Nature is perfect in her design and God truly is the greatest artist of all. Good day my friends. Be well.