a warm sky and the rainbow

i started writing this on the train from ny too home while enjoying the sunset on hudson river. I thought about these images while walking the hot pavement in the city, i had a nice time and hope to go back very soon to do a few things i just could not do this time around. i will be able to show images from this
trip only in the fall.

 i thought about how it seems as if the night before i leave the hill  the sky is even lovelier than all the days before as if letting me know that this is where my heart resides and why i must come home.  the evening before i left,  I was sitting at the kitchen table with my mother after chores, when i looked up i saw the warmest tones line the sky, a quick rain shower before had formed a rainbow, as all this was happening the sun began to set. i stood on the grass with my bare feet, this is where i live, i function & breathe. within minutes behind me the sky was the colour of wild fire, while the front was a mix of soft tones with a rainbow of vibrant colors ( not captured well).  the air was a mix of cool and warmth like a swim in lake on hot summer night, the leaves moved against the window making the sound of pouring rain without a drop, birds and fire flies flew about and the air played at the back of my neck.  i stood, i paused, i stared and inhaled and now four days later, i finally exhale.

I watched my mum and k drive down the driveway heading to montreal this morning, strange that i am not with them, but  knowing that one and half days of solitude i have craved will help me press reset and prepare for the arrival of my niece & nephew for their summer on the hill. i will weed the garden , listen to music as i am right now and maybe lay in the hammock at some point looking up at the sky through the trees while it grounds me. this evening i will welcome the sunset from the table in the barn while eating dinner made solely from my garden.

hope you guys are doing well, but even better than well.

a blue sunset

a few nights ago just as the sun had almost completely set, a snow fall came as well as a warm front.

all those things created the bluest night sky i had ever seen, it reminded me of our nights spent camping by a the river in maine under moonlight. i failed to capture the real beauty of it  and found the images a bit blurry but i do hope you see pass that.

wishing you a good day.

clouds

we were finally going, i had wanted to see midnight in paris for over month but every time the night would be planned something would happen. how i need this escape to paris and although i will be going there in october i wanted a few hours there now.  the thought of taking the kids did not cross my mind, until i realized why not introduce them to  woody allen now. i told them to look him up on the net. they said this guy is old, i replied yes now perhaps but he is a genius and is an inspiration to many creative types. midnight in paris it was! the only showing around here was at 9 pm, too late  of course but then a wednesday showing at 4:30 great! we all climbed into the car, i turned the key and all the lights tuned on but the car would not start, we had just been driving an hour before. i checked everything i could think of but we would clearly miss the movie. within minutes of stepping out of the car we could hear a storm coming, then  the most unusual clouds came  into view, the temperature instantly dropped, i knew this was big. i ran into the house, checked  the weather online- big flashes of warning signs all over my screen SEVERE STORM  warning, not again but i could tell this was different. i called the kids in  but the wind blew them in, tried to close all the windows, quickly spilled out directions, within seconds hale and rain came down with such anger. of course minutes before i managed to grab my camera to take a few shots of the clouds. when the first storm was over ( there was many to follow last night) i went back to the car put the key in and the car started, just like that. pretty lucky it did not earlier we would have been on the road instead of the safety of our home.

found an early showing of midnight in paris in brattelboro, i am determined so we will try again:)

*update it is now 11:40 am we hopped in the car to get an oil change then head to brattleboro which is forty five minutes away to see a two o clock showing of midnight in paris, again the car would not start. we are at home waiting fro triple a to show up, yes i will miss the movie again.

and they finally meet on the hill.

i arrived home with the kids from montreal late into the evening. corine and her family would be here tomorrow and i was a mess, nervous of meeting her, them and wondered how joe would find the house he built. they arrived late in the afternoon and it was instant connect for all three of us on both sides. the kids and joe went off to prepare a fire,  joe was to cook a meal on open fire up on the hill. corine and i in the kitchen, happily so. corine is lovely, petite, blond beautiful flowing curls, a youth fullness to her that i admired and tres francaise with her striped shirt and bandeau, did i mention already how beautiful she is. we prepared things and the children  carried them up the hill to the fire, we then followed. we sat around, i was taking it all in. how quickly the kids got along, instant friends but in away i believe that is what happened between corine and i and now there we were sitting on the lawn of our home chatting away as if we had done this  many times before.

the next day they took the children to bromley mountain for a day of adventure, although it had poured minutes after they left they continued and ended up having the best of times. i was alone for the first time in weeks, did some work, ran  errands, picked up some things to prepare the evening meal, and the fixing for smores- the night before we had failed the kids, for the cupboard only housed four little marshmallows. when they got back, corine and joe went for a hike behind the house to the top of the mountain to see the view, the kids grabbed pencils and paper and started to design a fort that they would build next year. they were so excited, there plans included, zip lines, water slide and more  .  we had dinner on the porch, then grabbed the things needed for the fire and the smores and headed back up the hill. the  sky turned beautiful shades of pink, truth is watching the children have so much fun, connect filled my soul. we came back into the house for strawberry, blueberry and mangoes crisp with vanilla ice cream that i had prepare earlier that day then headed outside to light some sparkles, watch random fireworks  from the hills and while fireflies lit up  the sky the dark night around us.

it was good day, weekend. on a personal note, to have finally met corine in person was very special and yes i was very nervous about so much but sometimes, things are so natural that you could never picture them any other way. merci  chere corine for this wonderful path we are on!! Corine has released her first book 

Hidden in Paris, and i am so happy to have a copy, the book feels incredible in your hands those who are readers will know what i mean, so stay tuned for a post devoted to corine . her book and a giveaway.