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Breathe

October 2, 2020 By Annette1 20 Comments

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Hey hey hey!  It’s that time of day!  Five Minute Friday, with a word from Miss Kate.  This week we are to focus in on the word Breathe.  This isn’t the first time we’ve done this word, back three years ago I did Breathe in … out. 

This week I’ve been getting things in order after having been camping for a week.  Three days of doing laundry, and taking time to put stuff away again, as well as getting caught up with things not done while I was away.  After a busy week like that, taking a moment to breathe the busyness away would be good eh?

breathe

Breathe

It took longer than
I thought it would.
Walking to the office and
Then deciding to take what
Should be a half hour walk.

A beautiful day
I took a wrong turn
and….
instead of doing the smart thing
and retracing my steps.

I decided to explore.
Follow an unmarked trail.
Walk up a steep sloop.
I’m sure there’s a lake
Over the rise.

Stop, breathe.
Tall trees surround.
Catch your breathe,
Consider retracing steps but
Up ahead…do you see water?

Two small ponds
Side by side
A treacherous pathway
Is in betide
Breathe, another uphill climb.

Climb, pace it
Step by Step
A tower seen!
Human habitation
YES! My guess correct!

See a blue marker
Realize a trail.
Now to find
where I am
without fail.

A scene of beauty
Rolls out before my eyes.
Blue lake against light sky
God’s creation steals
My breath away.

Careful now
Steep path ahead
don’t fall down
and knock your head.

God at work
places tree
Just where one
needs to be!

By and By
Way grows more clear
I know I’ll get back
A way home from here
Blue markers blaze.

Two hours later
Trailer ahead
My fellows waiting
Wondering where’d I’d been
Snack wrappers lay.

While I was gone.
My boys awake are.
Wondering where Mom is
She’s gone rather far.
Explanation given.

“Mom, don’t follow
strange Trails!
My darling son rails.
Just turn around, and
retrace steps!

Do this without fail!
Laughing he added
We’re glad you’re home safe!
Breathing in laughter and
a bit of concern.

I’m glad that I was
Back, a lad’s concern
made clear.
Two hours it took.
T’was a glorious tour.

God’s creation explored.
A path made clear.
Time to think.
Time to breathe.
It was vacation week.

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  1. Loretta says

    October 2, 2020 at 2:54 am

    Beautiful 😍 your fmf neighbour #4 about to have to walk in the rain 😉

    Reply
    • Annette1 says

      October 2, 2020 at 9:55 pm

      did you enjoy your walk in the rain?

      Reply
  2. Sandra K Stein says

    October 2, 2020 at 8:33 am

    Love this. Looks like you made the right choice to keep on going instead of retracing your steps and were amply rewarded by much beauty. You got some great shots. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Annette1 says

      October 2, 2020 at 9:55 pm

      Thank you Sandra. It was such a lovely long walk. I had gotten discouraged at one point but then new marvels I saw and it was just so very very nice. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Lori says

    October 2, 2020 at 9:26 am

    Such beautiful things can be found when breathing in the beauty of God’s creation. You found some of that loveliness.

    Reply
    • Annette1 says

      October 2, 2020 at 9:54 pm

      yes I did Lori. It was a great time away.

      Reply
  4. mariel says

    October 2, 2020 at 9:51 am

    what a beautiful place to just breathe. I always am blessed by your poetry! Thanks for sharing this!

    Reply
    • Annette1 says

      October 2, 2020 at 9:54 pm

      Thank you Mariel. The near north is such a wonderful place to camp. 🙂

      Reply
  5. Andrew Budek-Schmeisser says

    October 2, 2020 at 11:38 am

    Beautiful, and an inspiration to always press on.

    The fragrance of the open range,
    the high desert plateau;
    October air is tinged with sage,
    and predicts the coming snow.
    The very dust, it has a scent
    the makes my glad heart sing,
    and some nights, I pitch a tent,
    and hear the owls take wing.
    Beyond the ridge coyotes call,
    and geese fly south across the moon
    the harbingers of the cooling fall,
    and winter, all too soon.
    I’d write more, but find that now
    I’m downwind of a farting cow.

    Reply
    • Annette1 says

      October 2, 2020 at 9:53 pm

      Andrew, I laughed! That closing line. 🙂

      Reply
  6. Amie says

    October 2, 2020 at 11:49 am

    Sounds like you were the best kind of lost. =)

    Amie, FMF #13

    Reply
    • Annette1 says

      October 2, 2020 at 9:52 pm

      Yes I was! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Kym says

    October 2, 2020 at 12:01 pm

    Beautiful! If one is “lost”, what a blessing to be lost in wonder at God’s creation too! I’m at FMF#18 this week.

    Reply
    • Annette1 says

      October 2, 2020 at 9:52 pm

      it was great, all that beauty that surrounded… and I did get myself found again. God was good. 🙂

      Reply
  8. Cindy Wilkins says

    October 2, 2020 at 5:55 pm

    A tree just in the right place! I love when God takes care of us in such creative ways!

    Reply
    • Annette1 says

      October 2, 2020 at 9:51 pm

      oh, it was placed just perfect. Such a steep path down I almost took a tumble. I was SO thankful for that tree.

      Reply
  9. Jennifer Smith says

    October 3, 2020 at 3:13 pm

    Wow – so pretty! I would not being lost there for a couple hours!! Glad you made it home – but also that you got lost:)

    Reply
    • Annette1 says

      October 4, 2020 at 10:00 pm

      thank you… I think! 🙂

      Reply
  10. Anita Ojeda says

    October 5, 2020 at 3:01 pm

    I love the story of your adventure and the photos :). I’m glad you made it back before your guys sent out a search party :).

    Reply
    • Annette1 says

      October 6, 2020 at 10:04 pm

      Me too! 🙂

      Reply

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