Dear Reader:

It is always a little bit of a “let-down” when the Ya’s separate to return back to our individual lives and homes each time we get together. We plan for weeks ahead and then poof…it’s over.

In the past I have handled it differently almost every time. Sometimes I just kinda retreat for about a day and “chill” …and then get back with the ‘program’ called life.

Other times I go into some kind of hyper-active state and work until I hit the wall…but this time I took the middle road…and decided to just calmly go about turning up the notch on my happy room and home….just being kind to myself and surrounding myself with some of ‘my favorite things.’.

…Buying some foods I like, taking time to decorate which I love, and especially surround myself with flowers…lots and lots of fresh flowers. (Having a garden has really helped out here) Scented candles help also. Then I put on some music to match my mood and bingo…everything settles back down and home feels like a home again.

I have given so many “Boo’s Garden” mason jars away this summer but yesterday I decided to make one for myself, after finishing up with working in the garden, .and it, too, put a smile on my face.

Transition periods are sometimes the toughest times in life…aren’t they? We get caught between nostalgia of the past, problems of the present, and uncertain futures. Thank goodness, to date, I have never gotten lost in a transition period permanently…and in fact many of them have turned out to be bridges helping me over troubled waters into a whole new world of experiences beyond.

Yesterday morning when I went out on my deck to eat breakfast the skies had clouded over and a slight breeze had picked up…my chimes were singing to me and the tall pines were swaying… everything, at that very moment, just felt right with the world.

I remembered an earlier blog entry this week when Madeleine L’Engle asked readers to recall a time when words broke down and they experienced the “end of words” in their life. I think that is what happened on the deck.

The quiet and solitude was so beautiful…it seemed to totally consume me and carry me to a place of peace where words were not needed to convey inner feelings.

A favorite quote came to mind…”If God had wanted to be a big secret, He would not have created babbling brooks and whispering pines.” ~Robert Brault,

So true…can’t we just feel God’s presence in nature….His communication taking the form of a singing bird, scampering squirrel, barking dog, swaying wildflowers, or thumping pine cones?

So by the end of the day yesterday I was past the transition and settled back in…smelling a hamburger with onions grilling on the stove, a beach book and a Hersey’s candy bar, cold diet coke and more flowers…emails and phone calls from family and friends welcoming me back home….it’s nice to be missed.

I watched God grow larger again as my worries started to dwindle….

“You can tell the size of your God by looking at the size of your worry list. The longer your list, the smaller your God.” ~Author Unknown

To top the day off…a blue moon was expected…I had about given up hope of seeing it when (around 10:00) I found it peeking through the clouds and whispering pines….so beautiful…and it was so happy it even wasn’t blue…until 2018 blue moon!

By 10:30 the blue moon had finally cleared the tall pine trees…I had taken my Iphone over to the club to try to catch it in the open and here it came…magical moonbeams in all their glory…we should have had a ‘moonlight waltz’ tonight at the club and “danced by the light of the moon.”

So until tomorrow…When going through a transition period…feeling a little down…be kind and gentle to yourself. Surround yourself with your favorite things and soon all will be right in the world…God’s world. My one last concern?

“I just hope God does not get bored of dreaming me”. ~Author Unknown

“Today is my favorite day” Winnie the Pooh

* Janet Bender commented that the blog today is “soothing” and it reminded me of one of my favorite songs...”Soothe Me Baby” by Sam and Dave….if you are in a soothing mood…take a minute and go back in time with this oldie goldie!

SAM AND DAVE – SOOTHE ME – YouTube

* Today is August 1…the first day of a new month…so say RABBIT -be kind to each other…and have the best month ever.

*And don’t forget the official launch of Ohm radio station is today…after the partying and celebrating… the following link has a schedule for you to follow starting bright and early Monday morning.

Here’s just some of what you’ll find on the Ohm Radio Charleston schedule

* Honey says that mountain morning glories are starting to come into their own…pink and purple…so beautiful.