Through The Looking Glass

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” - quote by Robert Brault

I walked by a home displaying a rainbow in the window. Lest we forget, essential workers are needed more than ever the heart-shaped cutouts seemed to say.

It was a day of many little things that caught my eye like the neatly gathered cutlery. I had no explanation as to why these handiest of human utensils were put by the road.

Nearby, pretty bits of fluff flashed their autumn star power.

As if current events weren't scary enough, ghosts were spooking the neighbourhood.

A Canada goose floated lazily on the seawater ... probably a well-deserved rest. From a distance, it looked similar to every goose yet no two feathers were exactly alike.

A still leaf lay frozen in a birdbath.

Leaves fell sleepily and without much ado changed colours and shapes as I passed by. Everything was quietly transforming and re-creating itself.

Is any part of a creative universe ever really ordinary?

If the "little things" and implicit everyday stuff of life were not so familiar, they'd seem far stranger than what Alice saw in Through The Looking Glass. Incredibly, we are witness to, and reflect as mirrors do, the cosmic story of existence.

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Spookiest Halloween Ever

What could be scarier than a pandemic? The ghostly virus haunting the world right now has made trick-or-treating a bit more difficult this Halloween. For the first time in decades I won't be inviting children to our door or giving out treats.

The howling seasonal weather is inviting windsurfers to Crescent Beach, however, where men strapped themselves to big crescent moon kites that flew to the sky.

It looked like hard work getting them ready for flight but seemed worth the effort.

I imagined casting cares to the wind and bumping along on the rough water.  

 

The bubbly sudsy waves surged in and out from the shore when suddenly ... 

a couple of kayakers appeared. 

Their pumpkin coloured paddles reminded me of decorations at many homes this time of year. Activities somewhat curtailed, the spirit of Halloween is alive and well ... brightening front porches and delighting the kid in us all.

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