by Bela Johnson | Aug 2, 2020 | country living, home, lifestyle, nature, photography, Uncategorized
I have spent too many hours marking time, waiting for changes to come, passing precious moments in feckless meandering, spinning wheels, Ariadne in the shadows, balls of twine raveling and lying in a tangled heap at my feet; Now we have arrived, dream fulfilled,...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 20, 2020 | country living, gardening, lifestyle, nature, Uncategorized
Winds kick and gust, twisting limbs and shaking foliage and branches loose, culling the dead and startling the living into a wakefulness that strengthens, even as surely they flinch at the onslaught; Large foot-long seed pods drop to the ground in varying shades of...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 15, 2020 | country living, lifestyle, nature, spirituality, Uncategorized
Last Monday we closed on the lovely property pictured here. We are now in a position of having secured the ground for our future whilst awaiting the selling of the home we have lovingly restored from old Plantation times to its present incarnation. It’s been so...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 1, 2020 | country living, lifestyle, musings, personal, Uncategorized
Aloha, dear people: Sorry for my scattered check-ins and the cessation of my own WP posts, I do value this WP community. A few months ago, the Universe tapped me on the shoulder and it precipitated some major life changes that we are in the midst of just now. If...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 12, 2019 | lifestyle, nature, perspective, philosophy, self awareness, Uncategorized
Before the brief but long breath of lifetimes was profound silence, and if sounds were apprehended, they were but whispers compared to the chaos most have come to accept as the new normal; Before memory, arrived humans and wild creatures and whooshing winds, lapping...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 11, 2019 | gardening, Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, photography, Uncategorized
Sitting still always an option, gazing at mellow reflections, morning light on old fir flooring burnished by the feet of generations; yet compelled, ever coaxed out of doors and into an emerald wonderland punctuated by floral scents and hues, exuberant birdsong,...
