Living in the Gap
April 21, 2012 – Lost
I think I’m supposed to turn right on this street. I second guess myself and turn right on the next street. I keep going realizing I am lost. I ask someone how to get where I want to go. I was supposed to have taken the turn I talked myself out of. In the process I come upon something I’d been looking for anyway so the loss of direction isn’t in vain. How often do we second guess ourselves only to hear someone else say we were headed in the right direction the first time? How often are we rewarded when we are side-tracked? I’ve come to learn that even when I doubt myself I am still right where I am supposed to be.
Living in the Gap
April 22, 2012 – Burning a candle
This is the first candle I’ve ever purchased with a wooden wick so I’m not sure what to expect. Fire flames instantly, and at double the height of a regular wick. It crackles and roars like a fireplace. I wait thinking it will calm in a bit. The flame continues to roar so I settle in and enjoy my fake fireplace with the added bonus of seaside scent. Nothing like a bonfire on the beach inside on a rainy day!
Living in the Gap
April 23, 2012-Apples in the mist
Rain drops bead on the grass, flowers, and tree limbs. The wetness has awakened the scents of spring. The Carolina Spice bush is enticing…smells as if I’m walking in an apple orchard. I remember early mornings of my childhood; tennis shoes drinking the dew as I run through rows of apple trees while Daddy gets his workers started in the orchard. As I inhale the sweet smell of apples rotting on the ground and the ones ripe for picking on the tree I feel as if I’ve reversed time.
The most interesting things happen when we get turned around, find ourselves off the beaten path, side-tracked into unfamiliar territory and have the time to relax and enjoy it.
It is cold and snowy here again … your candle sounds like it would have been a great thing to have had here this weekend, too.
Sometimes it is fun and rewarding to get turned around.
Sometimes you gotta let life take you where it needs to!
Exactly, Vic.
u describe it so good.
my grandfather had a great Garden when i was Child.
i would like that i can to at times.
in his garden existed apple,Pomegranate,Berry,Grapes and Other things.
My grandparents had all sort of fruit trees on their farm. My father worked in an apple orchard when I was small.
u are same to me
I have the worst sense of diretion so whichever turn I think I should take, I do the opposite.
Are we related?
I love these little snippets of life. You have such a great way of phrasing them.
Even the most mundane moments of life are fully vivid if we relax enough to experience them.
Yes, you say more in a few sentences than I can in a book chapter.
I love the contrast in smells Suzicate–rotting apples and ones waiting to be picked.
Why thank you!
You grew up near an apple orchard? How fascinating! I do love apples, and I can almost feel damp tennis shoes in your description.
No, my father managed one and sometimes I’d go to work with him.
” I’ve come to learn that even when I doubt myself I am still right where I am supposed to be.”
LOVED that, Suzi! And you’re absolutely spot on!
” How often are we rewarded when we are side-tracked?”
Amen!
Each one of these Living in Gaps is lovely. And I have to chime in with Slamdunk and say….you say more in a few sentences than most writers can say in a whole chapter!
Happy Monday, my friend…..X
P.S. great photo!
Yes, sometimes being sidetracked can be the best thing that can happen to us.
I can practically smell what you’re describing, and it sounds fabulous! I tried one of those wooden wick candles, and in the winter months, they are so very wonderful and homey.
It was definitely different from a wick candle.
Alex and I get lost all the time! We find the most wonderful adventures doing that! It’s fun. How can we ever really be lost? We can’t!!!
What fun for you guys, always better to have a companion to get lost with!
Tennis shoes drinking the dew. What a great way to describe that!
That’s what they did!
I love that you got “lost” and found something you wanted to find.
That candle sounds awesome. I’ve never seen one with a wooden wick.
It was cool. I’d taken my youngest’s gf yard saleing and while we were looking for a particular one we ran across three more and found the exact objects she was looking for!
I saw a wood wick candle for the first time last month. They are so different! I didn’t buy one because I was afraid the tall flame and crackling sound would be too much for our curious kitties to resist
It might be much for the kids to resist, but enjoyable for the adults.
I’ve never seen candles with wooden wicks! I may have to look those up when I have time! Loved the 23rds and of course you know I totally agree with being where we are supposed to be. What is that I always say? EVERYTHING happens for a reason! Love you!
It was the first time I’d ever seen one. These candles were handmade by someone.
I don’t have a very intuitive directional compass so I find myself lost some times. But because of that I’ve made interesting discoveries.
Never know what we’ll come upon.
“I’ve come to learn that even when I doubt myself I am still right where I am supposed to be.” EXACTLY! I always look for the lesson I feel I must be needing to learn.
I’ve never heard of a candle with a wooden wick.
I am so often smiling when I am done reading your posts!
We all are learning all the time; sometimes lessons we don’t think we need or want to learn, but such is life.
It was the first candle I’ve seen with a wooden wick. It was made by a local resident, so I plan to get more.
Yes! This is very true. Sometimes there are lessons we don’t want to learn. Those are the hardest to learn.
Yeah, I really don’t think I have ever heard of a wooden wick. Is there a specific point to it? What type of wood is used for a wick?
I don’t know what kind of wick. It’s not round like a pencil or toothpick. It’s shaped more like an emory board, a thin slat about a half and inch wide.
Ha, that is not what I pictured at all. Very interesting!