13. A quarter

Here we are at Week 13 - a quarter of a year already!

This week is really open with the only stipulation being - you need to divide your card into quarters.

I hope you enjoy it.

I ended up brainstorming all the things I could think of to do with 'quarters' and found a lot were associated with time, hence the front of my card ...
Then on the back I wrote these words from "Today" by Thomas Carlyle:

So here hath been dawning
Another blue day:
Think, wilt thou let it
Slip useless away?

12. Autumn

“Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”
From ‘To Autumn’ by John Keats.

We have been experiencing days of extreme heat – high 30’s to 40°C – it seems strange for Autumn.
Robyn originally introduced me to this poem and I thought it might be nice to think upon the joys of autumn, even though 33°C is the forecast for today. At least it’s cooler!

On the back of my card I wrote some of the things I love about Autumn as well as a special Autumn memory.

11. Balance

* I had ‘balance’ ready as the next prompt but wasn’t sure whether to use it or not but a few days ago I received an e-mail from a ‘miscellany’ friend who said (and I hope she doesn’t mind me quoting her) …

“We are getting to the stage in life where we want to slow down with work and enjoy smelling the roses.”

So here is the prompt as planned, I hope you find it inspiring.

Today
is a day
like any other: twenty-four hours,
a little sunshine,
a little rain.

Listen,
says ambition, nervously shifting her weight
from one boot to another -
why don't you get going?

For there I am, in the mossy shadows, under the trees.
And to tell the truth, I don't want to let go of the wrists of idleness,
I don't want to sell my life for money,
I don't even want to come in out of the rain."

- Mary Oliver

There are so many joys in life “For there I am, in the mossy shadows, under the trees” and yet often they are combined with responsibilities, “I don’t want to sell my life for money” is one I have considered.

Do you sometimes find that joys/responsibilities are at odds with one another?
What joys do you experience that happily combine with responsibilities?
What gives ‘balance’ to your life?

10. Home

“Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home.”
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

What are your ‘good things’?
Have fun with your card.