We are fortunate to experience these glorious colors.
Soon the branches will be bare and will be a stark reminder of all that is left, after a year has passed.
Nicholas
We were told by our architect that we now have an actual address, which means that the town of Dryden has signed off on our house, and that signals the beginning of the build.
This fills me with great joy and excitement, but I am also, as I have said, aware that in this moment I am saying to this beautiful land, in a very real way, OK...now that we own you...we will shape you...
The reality that we are saying it is our "right" to gouge the landscape and create a home for ourselves in the beauty that exists there, is something we do not take lightly.
In thinking about this, I was reminded of some primitive art on the walls of a structure in Grand Canyon National Park...
In this work the reverence of the earth, the sky, the centre and the four directions are depicted and I remember being deeply aware that this was something too often ignored in contemporary culture, too often overlooked.
As I have grown older, I have become more convinced of the power of rituals to mark moments of import, and this is one of those moments for us.
So, NIcholas and I have agreed that we want to have a little ceremony on the land we are humbled to be caretakers of. We will stand together and give thanks for its beauty, we will honour it, the sky, the centre, and the depths of love that have guided us thus far. We will give thanks for the blessings of the North, the South, the East and the West, and vow to be good stewards of that which has been so generously entrusted to us.
Judy
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