That's some energy from nature.
My energy of healing is what I was going to talk about, but I've been much too much focused upon that lately, and quite honestly I'm tired of it.
So resting and healing is slow at my age. Acceptance is hard.
BIG NEWS! You can once again travel the Blue Ridge Parkway from the Folk Art Center all the way to Mount Mitchell State Park!The National Park Service has completed landslide repairs at mileposts 375 and 380, reopening the stretch between milepost 382 in Asheville and milepost 355.3 at Ridge Junction Overlook (near NC 80 and the Mount Mitchell entrance).This reopening gives visitors access to some of the Parkway’s most beloved spots, including the Craggy Gardens Visitor Center, Craggy Pinnacle Trail, and nearby portions of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail.
Some areas remain closed for now, including the Craggy Gardens Picnic Area and sections of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail from the Craggy Trail Shelter to the Snowball Mountain Trail.
Photo: NC State Parks.
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A storm on the mountains, unknown photographer.
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Sharing with My Corner of the World.
I hope you get a little more energy back today. Nice little poem by Mary O.
ReplyDeleteAnd it's raining here! I'm so happy. Silly, perhaps, but we've been dry most of the month so far, so this is a nice change for the plants. I came home to many dying potted plants on my porch. When they're happy, I'm happy.
Delete...Barbara, none of us are 29 anymore!
ReplyDeleteWait, wait...my 91 year old friend insists she's 39...like Jack Benny.
DeleteRest if you can. It's hard for an active person like you, I know.
ReplyDeleteI get bored so easily now...can't even watch a movie without wanting to do something else too. Maybe time to get the knitting going again! If only these fingers could still do that.
DeleteI've been on Mount Mitchell before. I recognize the overlook. Progress happens slowly.
ReplyDeleteOh thanks for reminding me of progress. I'll certainly drink to that (coffee if you please.)
DeleteWhen I was younger I would always be so annoyed with people who discussed their physical problems on.......and on.....and on...... now I try not to dwell on the annoyances of age. On the other hand healing begins at home.
ReplyDeleteVery nice to see roads opening up, spaces accessible. You must be looking forward to being able to visit once again.
As I keep reminding myself.......slow and steady wins the race.🐢🐢🐢
I am amazed at how I fall into the rut of talking about physical problems...which always seemed such an old lady thing to do! I do try to avoid that, except to be honest with folks and not sugar-coat things, la tee da ways. Yes, I must emulate the tortoise, not the rabbit, in this ongoing journey along such a beautiful pathway.
DeleteAcceptance? But...must we?
ReplyDeleteIt would appear we must.
Again- a testament to the spirit and perseverance of North Carolinians. Amazing. I have a hard time believing how fast restoration has gone. Massive undertaking.
I took a photo very much like that last summer when we were in your mountains.
Glad you got a chance to enjoy the mountains a few months back. Acceptance is so difficult sometimes.
DeleteWow, that storm looks very dramatic and scary. I am glad the parkway is open at least part way. I hope your son's place was safe from the tornado. Take care, enjoy your day!
ReplyDeleteFacebook provides some really weird photos, since AI has started enhancing so many of them. But I think that one is real.
DeleteI feel your frustration. I have to fight inertia every day and when I do embark on almost any project, after twenty minutes or so I have to sit down to rest my back. Ah, the Golden years!
ReplyDeleteI heard a young man say he wanted to live to be 100. Once I used to say that also. I don’t feel at all inclined to do so anymore. Reality is not the number of years, but the quality of life.
DeleteNot easy times for you! I think we tend to talk about our ailments because we are so surprised to find ourselves experiencing them. These aches and pains were for old people, not us! Because in our heads we dont think of ourselves as old even though the years tell the truth of it.
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