Ordinary

Just some ordinary oak leaves with some acorn caps. So many acorns all around but to the squirrels, they are an extraordinary source of food for the winter.

Busy day, up early for a beautiful morning hike, brunch with Logan and Akira, sent them back to school and had a three hour painting class, all my creativity has left me!

“Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears. Show them how to cry when pets and people die. Show them the infinite pleasure in the touch of a hand. And make the ordinary come alive for them. The extraordinary will take care of itself.” ― William Martin, The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents