A new day

The wonderful aspect of a new day is the opportunity to begin again, a fresh start, a clean slate. That in its self is such a gift.

Finding beauty

Sometimes we find beauty in the  most common of places. Case in point, the fence in which these sheep, goats, horse, and alpaca's live. I took note to focus on the fence rather than the sheep. I really can appreciate the simple beauty in the wire fence. Most people would not take notice of such a simple little common fence. Maybe we need to notice more simplicity in our world, like a fence.

You can't change what you don't acknowledge

Question : Do you find bliss in the truth?
I love this comment : You cannot change what you don't acknowledge. Quite an eye opener, really makes you think about the aspects of your life that you need to be honest about. Making the positive changes you need are almost impossible with out knowing and acknowledging the changes that need to be made. Then having a plan to get to the finish line by setting small realistic goals.
So, acknowledge, change, have a plan with goals and, Just Do It!
So, the answer to the question, Yes you can find bliss in the truth, acknowledging what is real and true.
Cheers!

Question: Can simplicity make you blissful?

Answer : Yes, when you find beauty there.

I took this photo at Thuya Garden in Northeast Harbor a few weeks ago. I fell  in love with the cottage with its details and atmosphere. The cottage sets just on the outside of the gardens, blue in color with crisp white trim. It is very inviting to all who pass by it daily to see its gardens and pathways. I can only imagine what it would be like to stay there in its quietness. I picture it full of beautiful books, photos,and quaintness. I could really appreciate its inviting nature,as I looked around its grounds I found the potting shed. Wheelbarrow outside waiting for its owner to take it out for the days work. A broom at attention leaning against the wall under a window with its window box brimming with colorful summertime flowers. A blue door ajar teasing you to come inside and see the world from its exterior. Paned windows with white trimmed cracked paint. It almost makes you a bit sad to think of the quiet lonely winters there standing and waiting for spring to arrive. Hearing the cold winter air travel through the barren lifeless garden. All quiet still and peaceful.

So does this place bring Bliss? Yes, for the fleeting moments we call summer, most certain there is Bliss.

 Let you inhibitions go and have the bliss of a child!

Summertime Bliss: Monhegan Island, Maine

Over night visit to Monhegan with one of my best friends, her daughter and my cousin Lauren.
Though Saturday we were greeted by fog and heavy humidity, I was more than  elated to be back on Monhegan Island . It did not take long for all us girls to be hiking the trails and enjoying all that Monhegan has to offer. Amazing beauty, people, artisans, shops, and the unspoiled quaintness that I have never seen elsewhere in Maine.
You can feel the stress of daily life wash away the moment you step onto the ferry in Port Clyde for the hour long cruise to Monhegan. Suddenly through the fog was the rugged beauty of not only Monhegan but Manana her sister island, though quite barren in comparison to Monhegan still doesn't dissapoint in her beauty.
Spending this time with great friends,  family and a very engaging McKenna was lovely in every aspect. It was wonderful to wake early in the morning to venture out and take pictures with the most perfect morning light, fog lifting and sun filtering through along with the beginning flecks of blue sky. After breakfast we all headed to the lighthouse hiking up a hill in the very thick humid air . The view from atop the hill is really stunning. After some time we had time for one more hike, to the  Cathedral Woods to see the fairy houses, it was an easy hike on the hot and humid morning. The trees sheltered you from the real  intensity 
of the sun. This forrest was covered with moss, streams, bare roots, and Fairy houses, every where you looked creative little fairy houses that someone constructed in great detail. While others were merely minimal shelters for Monhegans fairies.
Being there even for the short time was shear bliss. Hoping to stay longer next year, one thing I know for certain is being on Monhegan for me will always be BLISS.

Question: Can a person find bliss in a long distance relationship (friendship)?

Answer : Absolutely , with a lot of understanding, patients,and looking at the situation realistically.

Time has a way of flying at rocket speed sometimes, not realizing just how many years Stephen and I have communicated from email, standard mail to phone calls. Over ten years, from the first email to the last in the past week. Still enjoy our emails.

Though, him and I are three thousand plus miles apart I still and always will consider him a dear friend.

I have, even with the distance between us come to love not only him but Jennifer his very amusing and lovely daughter.

Spent time gazing at his amazing photography, and getting some fantastic tips on how to become a better photographer.

Reading email after email about his life in Scotland his loves and dislikes.

We have gone through our times of not talking or corresponding for various reasons, I would not change a thing, you grow from the changes in the relationship, you have to. Life is a process, and it is up to us to decide how it impacts us.

Question:

Do I find bliss in our limited relationship?

Answer:

Pure Bliss