Under My Skin

I woke up to a springtime so beautiful:
Honey and trumpets on the wind,
mountain water braiding the new green of the hills,
the shush and flew of starling on the breeze.
It’s so pretty here.

It’s so pretty.
I can feel it getting under my skin.

The best mornings are the beautiful ones,
when I wake up feeling so comfortable in my body,
all my cells are humming, 
I can feel something beaming out of me in all directions.
Is there a rebirth, for us too, when the seasons
change from cold to lukewarm?
Do our hearts and souls unfurl, wave in the wind,
so freshly unraveled, so kindly unspooled, that there’s a winsome curl to our every move?

Do you feel it?
“Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
[Confucius]
What have you seen today?
In what way are you beaming?

Happy weekending to you all!
xx 
Plume

Comments

  1. Snailentina says

    Swoooon-worthy words… and that first picture! You look like a geisha 😀

    I saw something that made me smile today. A nun taking photos of a group of girls at a nearby park with a fancy Nikon camera. It was strange, but her habit was flowing in the wind and she looked so take-charge, it was pretty. This whole week we were blessed with lots of sunshine in NYC and all I wanted to do is be outside in the closest park. I felt the springing, too.

  2. Andrea~CrowNology~ says

    My beams are low so as not to startle…Moving into the night light with a quiet, solid placement of foot…A stillness that the freedom of these days brings.
    No one to please or displease but me.
    Today I see that being a solitary being is very good.
    The time may be short, it may be long, but I wrap myself in it either way.
    I hope your weekend is blessed with both accompanied and solitary moments of bliss…

  3. CrashingBison says

    Oh, I feel it!!! It's gorgeous up here!! It's like I woke up today and, BAM, summer had arrived!!!! It's really windy out but it's sunny, warm, crocuses are out and I'm lovvvvving it!!! Going to definitely enjoy my Northern summer!! 😀

  4. calamityjane(t) says

    soft and lovely thoughts and photos. i feel myself unfurling along with the trees and flowers in today's sunshine following an unusual two full days of rain. it is a very pretty time.

  5. O my, I want to print this whole blog out and make a book of it… I'm so enjoying your words and thoughts

  6. I'm sitting here by my favorite window, watching the cherry blossoms that exploded into bloom not so long ago rain down into the garden below.

    *SIGH*

    'Tis the loveliest of the seasons…

  7. Sierra Keylin Jewelry says

    Loving the colors!!! My eyes are greateful for the amazing hues beaming forth from my computer screen, I just want to sit, stare, and soak in the lovliness!

  8. After a very looong five months of winter (even for this cold-weather chickie), spring has arrived in yellow this year. As in yellow dandelions….EVERYWHERE! Even the perfectly manicured lawns are dotted with yellow.

    What will our poor neighbor do??? The one who sweeps his lawn (with a broom) when little berries dare fall from his tree. The same neighbor who leaf-blows and rakes his lawn every day during autumn, leaving a perfectly straight line between our yards, ours covered with all the errant leaves that gleefully managed to escape his leaf blower! (Personally, I believe he dreams of the day he can stand under our massive maple and suck off all the leaves with his monster blower BEFORE they fall!!)

    Me thinks there will be a mass 'beheading' next door, before the day is done.

    xx

  9. deanna may says

    I am happy for your lovely morning.

    Spring in Northern Alberta is like a tight fist unclenching at last, opening gently to the sounds of running water (we'd almost forgotten) and tulips poking out around snow drifts in the neighbour's yard. And now it feels like spring is just holding all of this tiny, green newness in its unclenched palm, ready to throw it all forth into summer.

    This will be a good year; I can tell.

    PS: the word verification word is "hound", and I like that very much!

  10. pencilfox says

    i see birch and cottonwood and willow trees "leafing out" in front of my eyes.
    i see myself changing from the inside out, like my sap is rising and pushing my inner beauty to the surface.
    i see j-feather plume becoming more beautiful day by day.
    i see love.

  11. lila Check says

    soooo poetic!!! I've seen the zest for a gorgeous new day come out of my soul…I've found your lovely blog and felt so positive about life!
    gorgeous,gorgeous,gorgeous posts and blog!
    xoxo
    lila

  12. Woke up this morning to discover that the rose bushes had all burst into bloom with a glorious riot of color. It is a little breezy today, so you have to stand close to catch their scent, but I know that in a few days after some warm sunlight, the whole homestead will smell like roses.

  13. Lovely writing!
    You're beautiful in that top photo!
    I love when all my cells are humming!
    I try to keep my heart open. Atleast I wish it.
    xo