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Many Paths
Today, we fly home. Cyndie has graduated from the Eponaquest apprenticeship program. It is the realization of a dream. We are tired, but it is a good tired.
There are many paths from which to choose, and there are many who are traveling similar paths to ours. We are thrilled to have connected with some very special new friends through this experience, and are looking forward to what is in store for us all on the paths ahead.
New Skills
Having a wonderful time in the sunshine of southern Arizona, practicing new skills of awareness, and seeing the way horses respond to my communications. For the first time in my life, I was alone inside a round pen with an untethered horse. I enjoyed successful interactions in two different exercises, with two different horses.
It is also a pleasure to meet the other apprentices that Cyndie has been involved with, and be immersed among of group of people who all share a similar interest and belief in the value of this program.
Arizona is beautiful, and, …no surprise, hot, dry, and dusty. It is funny to see scrubby trees and cactus everywhere, but at the little villa of rental units where we are staying, they are trying to keep some palm trees alive.
Not Funny
…edited shortly after 7:00 a.m. to add additional image from this morning. ( jwh)
Curious, yes, but not funny. Before sunset last night –not that I was able to see that happen– I took a picture of the progress of our umpteenth springtime winter storm event of the year, just getting underway, on the 1st day of May. The joke’s on us, but who’s laughing now?
Here we go again… It’s beautiful, and terrorizing, all at the same time.
And this was how it looked in the pre-dawn light this morning…
Couple Images
Due to circumstances related more to our day-jobs than the weather, we stayed overnight in the Twin Cities last night. That gave us a chance to join Cyndie’s parents (who have returned from wintering in Florida), and also, her brother, and his wife and daughter, for dinner. It was a treat to see them, and worked well to save me the commute, but it does put a wrinkle in my usual routine.
I had hoped to post a picture of the amazing snow-scape from yesterday morning, showing the results of our overnight storm that dumped almost a foot of cement-like snow. I didn’t have time to process one, so I will resort to sharing a couple of recent images from my files.
A few days ago, I posted a picture of me napping with Mozyr, and described how differently his sister behaves, when it comes to close personal attention. I think it was the day after I wrote that, when Pequenita showed up on my chest, and my camera was within reach. While keeping one hand on her neck, giving her a soothing scratch, I snapped this shot with my other hand. Here, you have visual evidence of what I was attempting to describe.
It is interesting that this behavior can sometimes become burdensome, and aggravate us, but after a night of being away from her, and seeing this image again, I am noticing pangs of missing her little intrusions on my personal space. She is obviously creating a bond.
The next image is a fascinating collection of shapes that evolved in the snow that was melting on our lawn, …before the latest winter storm buried it again.
It is a little like looking at the amazing variety of possibilities that materialize in the clouds when sky watching. How many different things do you see?
Plowed Slush
Every once in a while, I end up with a picture I really like, which I figure will probably work as a “Words on Images” piece, but later, when I get it opened up on my screen, I can’t bring myself to interrupt the image with text. This is one of those images.
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I think the close-up shot looks a bit like the super-magnified images created by electron microscopes.
Relative Something 