Needing a little Spring (this week’s Small Painting) 5×7, acrylic © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry
This has been a rough week – on many levels… loss, sadness, and small difficulties. To top it off, March is a lot tougher up here than in the City because we are in Winter that extra two weeks. I grit my teeth knowing it will soon pass…
Found a new one in elegant decay…. © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry
One of my favourite things is my occasional tours of places that are important to me – places that in some way have touched my Spirit. Many are natural, some are old buildings. These trips are usually my ‘pick me up’. I can go to my ‘sacred places’ and recharge.
It seems that every year or so, I lose another one of those places. Some are lost to yet another development, some are simply abused. I was checking a place today that I found last year. I discovered, accidentally, the deep healing effect that it had on me. Something seemed strange about it today, and looking closer, broke my heart. Finding this place desecrated was like salt in the wound of a less than pleasant week. When I have more information, I will share it. I am hopeful that it is not what I think. Let’s just say for now, that I can barely speak about it…. (there are no images until I have more info…)
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On a lighter note – and up is the only way we can go now – I went for a short hike at Mara on Lake Simcoe. There was this happy little red squirrel noisily eating away, totally unfazed by me or the dog that came to visit…
Munching Squirrel © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry
A couple more from the east side of Lake Simcoe….
On the Lake – Simcoe © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry
On the Lake – Simcoe © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry
Deep breath….. And a quote for the week:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference… ~ Reinhold Niebuhr
Your building in this little painting has such presence Michelle! Your photos are gorgeous! Sending you some cheery thoughts and sunshine today. Some weeks are just good to place in the distance past. Spring is lurking and new life will flourish before too long! Can’t wait to see all those blossoms and bright greens!Hugs going your way- have a great weekend and week ahead.
Hi Michelle, Thanks for reminding me of that beautiful quote. I know sometimes things in life don’t make sense to me. Nature is always a healer. Thanks for sharing your beautiful painting and photos.
Thanks, Debbie and Janelle! Feeling better for your thoughts….
At least you have a couple of weeks left, we still have a month at least..
Oh ! I love the first ‘On the Lake’ photo, with the rocks and the tree and the sun. Utterly stunning 🙂
Alan – I didn’t move to Edmonton. I actually want summer to come back… 😉
Thanks, Svasti!
gorgeous weather here, just really really windy :/
that photo with the rocks is gorgeous!
Shame about your “place” getting desecrated 🙁 I have never understood why people can not leave places alone and leave them like they find them for other people to experience and enjoy. I love seeing the posts on this site. Lots of abandoned buildings and on the whole no one does anything but take photos and leave.
this site was supposed to be= http://community.livejournal.com/abandonedplaces/
Beautiful small painting again! Hard not to be thinking spring right now. So sad about the desecration–that must feel awful.
Thanks, Jennifer Rose – If it was what I think, they were taking anything of value and selling it. I hope to have the full story sometime this week…
Thanks, Ingrid – It does feel awful. It’s been a rough few days up here. This was followed by the accidental death of one of our community leaders. Very sad….
Beautiful composition in your vertical photo. Congrats Michelle.
I was thinking of you when I heard about it on the news.
Thanks, Patrick!
Ingrid – She was a very good friend of one of my friends. I only knew her as an acquaintance, but it was a horrible shock, nonetheless…. The whole community is reeling.
Evil, NASTY squirrel! I had to chase 6 of them out of my backyard today…SIX!!! I keep wishing the birds would gang up on them, but alas.
My ex went camping “with the guys” up there at Lake Simcoe one summer. I laughed at the raccoon-claw marks on his tackle box when he got home. I wish I’d gotten up there at some point…Maybe in the future.