Look at the brilliant colors on this tiny robin. God IS the master painter, isn’t He?

There are so many things in this world that the general population consider beautiful. But, I think beauty is a subjective thing. As different as people are, so are the ideas of beauty. We all see it different…and we are all correct. So, this year, I have decided to post a weekly picture of something that I think is beautiful. I’m a week behind…so look for #2 soon.
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This is an old cottage in Scotland. I would love to see it inside, but to me it is SIMPLY beautiful!

Doesn’t this picture just make you want to scream and run the other way? It does me! The past few days I have been going through all…ALL…my Christmas ‘stuff’.We are planning to build a house this year, and I do not want to take anything there that I do not use. So, I’m sorting through EVERYTHING related to Christmas, purging and packing and labelling. This is not really my idea of fun. But, our architect says we will be in by next Christmas, so if I do it now, it won’t have to be done then.

I am one of these crazy folks who likes to decorate for every season and holiday. So, I have ‘stuff’…lots of ‘STUFF’…TOO. MUCH. STUFF. So, my big resolution for the year…wait, I don’t want to call it a resolution..that sounds too hard…my GOAL is to sort through and discard as I go along. I did it in the fall, and I’m closing in on Christmas. But, I just can’t believe I have all this mess. Now, I have to admit, I am not one to throw away something if there is the remotest possibility that I will need it at any time in the near or distant future. But, of course, I can never can find it when I do need it. I KNOW I have it….just not WHERE I have it.

The biggest problem I have with a project like this, is my ADD. It is so hard for me to keep focused on anything for very long. Well…here I am blogging instead of working right now! It really is hard, as those of you similarly afflicted know. Your mind is not happy in one mode for very long…it needs to move on. I want to stay at it until I finish…I really do, but first thing I know, I’m in another room doing something else not even related.

Well, Don has gotten one of those big trash containers delivered to our house, and he is going to clean out the garage, and we are going to put these things I am packing in there and when it gets time to move, it will just be a matter of moving the organized, labeled boxes full of only the stuff I really want. Sounds great, huh? Only with God’s help will it happen. I do have a friend who is going to help and the girl who cleans for me is going to help also. Maybe it is a possibility…we’ll see.

I’ve talked to you friends long enough…I’m going back in….wish me luck!

OK, friends…did you take the path? I did!

Click HERE to see what I found! See also http://www.walkinginireland.org/glendalough.

Isn’t it nice how our chldren get to visit such wonderful plsces IRL, while we stay home and work so they can???? 🙂 🙂 Just kidding, Ian! I’m so glad you got the opportunity to do this…BUT who ever taught you such creative trip planning?

Note to friends: Ian DID have an elective class he could take in London during the Christmas break. It was a 3 day class, and by taking it, he will have an easier last sememster in grad school. But, SOMEHOW…his trip turned into an 8 day adventure, when he was ‘mysteriously’ routed back to the States through Dublin! Strange how things happen like that, isn’t it? Always one to make the most out of every situation…Ian just bucked up and did his best to enjoy spending an extra 5 days on the other side of the world. He’s real resourceful that way!

I love pictures like this. It leaves so much to the imagination. Where is the path going? What will you find when you get to the end? Will you joyfully go further along the path…or will you turn and come running back? Would you travel the path alone? Or walk it with a friend? Would you even walk it at all…or just stand and look and wonder?

This is a picture Ian took while in Ireland in December. I’ll ask him where it leads…..till then…what do you think? What would you hope to find..?