Tuesday, May 31, 2016

bunnies and bernards


whenever i find myself sitting idle, i long to grab a fragment and needle chant a while.  i don't always act on those longings these days. sometimes i breathe into the idleness and just sit with it. relaxing and simply being. i know, for me, this can be an escape.  from what, i'm not certain. so i remind myself how fulfilling the needle and thread can be. allow it to become the meditation that it can be.  to that end, i found myself stitching away at my little purple bunny this evening.  


after an enriching bit of of time with cloth fragments and thread, i took bodhi for a ride.  my little teacup saint bernard. or so i keep telling him.  only 16 months and already 150.6 pounds of puppy. he takes up every bit of bench seat in my truck that isn't already occupied by my own butt.  he loves to spend time with his daddy.  the feeling is mutual.

namaste'

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  1. Quelle belle façon de méditer en tirant l'aiguille...quand les yeux et les mains sont occupés, l'esprit peut s'évader. Le chien Bodhi est un "beau bébé". Bonjour de France, Paris. Namasté

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    1. bonjour et merci pour ces paroles aimables! l'amour de bodhi dans montana! namasté

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  2. Lovely dog! Know what you mean about not stitching - been promising myself for days now to do some. As you say, so beneficial. Glad you got to do some.

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    1. it is indeed a balm to my soul... may you find yourself stitching soon!

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  3. I love the phrase "needle chant" - it is, indeed, an act of mindfulness when we take cloth and stitch. Love the bunny! And, your little teacup is a charmer, for sure.
    Kristin

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    1. yes, indeed! it was jude who first coined the term and I loved it so much that it has become a part of my own lexicon.

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