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Showing posts with label Celtic New Year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Celtic New Year. Show all posts

Monday, December 31, 2018

A Wild New Years Eve

Song - Celtic New Year by Van Morrison









On New Year's Eve Day Mr. B got us some great yummy sandwiches from our neighborhood deli Morucci's and I packed a picnic basket with Prosecco, linen napkins, crystal goblets, chips and cookies.  We picked up my mom & her sweet dog Buddy and headed to Danville.



Past the town of Danville and out towards Mt. Diablo where there is still farm land, cows, wild turkeys, deer and sheep.



Did I mention that the sky was a brilliant blue but it was cold and oh so windy?  Brrr......it truly felt like winter! 



Our destination was the Tassajara One Room Schoolhouse on Finley Road because I knew it had picnic tables and some history that my mom probably did not know about. But it was oh so cold!




Mom spotted a little wooden table inside the "garage" so that we were protected from the wind but could stand in the sunshine and eat our lunch.




Narcissus bulbs surround the property and are about to burst out.  Buddy sniffed and explored but even he was chilled. We popped the bubbly and toasted to the New Year then.....




...... we took a quick little photo shoot while the wind whipped our hair and we hurried to the warmth of the car.




And enjoyed the Oaks and hills with the heater on!





....and the variety of animals nearby......(one is a lama and the rest are goats or sheep).






"Can you remember who you were, 
before the world told you who you should be?" 
--Danielle Laporte




Saturday, December 31, 2016

Coming Back to Center

Song - Celtic New Year by Van Morrison




Twenty-sixteen was a rough year for both me and my family. 
I am looking forward to 2017!

There is a certain ebb and flow to our days and years.
Clarity and confusion.
Joy and suffering.
Finding balance.

Now is the time for me to recenter myself.
Rediscovering that core within me.
The one who knows how to feed my spirit.

Somehow through this last year I have forgotten.
It's not gone but just cast aside.
Learning to remember.
Needing that cue to set time aside daily...
...to work on my inner growth. 




My One Little Word for the year is "centering".
Just so I can 
Create
Journey
Cultivate
Love
and
Replenish.

Happy New Year to you and yours.



"One of the most essential things you need to do for yourself is to choose a goal that is important to you.  
Perfection does not exist--you can always do better 
and you can always grow." 
--Les Brown







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