Waiting...

earth breaking, originally uploaded by 2bamazed.

Took this while out trying to get images for this minor little drought we are having..
So interesting how things come and go in a cycle. It wasn't but a few months ago I was at this place reflecting over the flooded waters, this time over the dry, cracked earth..
As I walked this country road, along a field of corn on one side, soybeans on the other, I watched the heat just rise off the siloh. You could cut the humidity with a knife. Put in mind being in a sauna..That is what it has felt like here lately.. The clouds will roll in, heavy and daunting.. almost a tease for the farmers.. a few drops of rain, clash of thunder and lightning, and then its like a steam bath all over again.. Drying up everything in its path.
River banks running well below the normal levels, and the earth just cracking.. Like it is calling out to the heavens.. Okay, ready to drink..
So like I always do, reflect ... You could liken this whole scenario to one's life. When your at a point where you have nothing else to give, you are at the mercy of the one who sends the rains.. just like with the ground, cracks form, pressure bends one in ways you would have never imagined.. One is dry, emptied...
Then I smile.. :) Did you know that when things go dry, roots go deeper searching for water? Even though this patch of dry farmland looks scary, or bleak.. nah.. soon enough.... the rains will come, and just in the right timing, will soften the hard weathered ground to complete the process of this years seed sown.
Just as leaves turn over when in need of water, earth cracks, corn points to the sky.. We, feeling dehydrated, out of energy or strength can only drop to our knees.. A preparing of sorts.. almost genius.. A humbling experience.. When you wait... for the rain.

2b

Sparks fly... colors in the sky

Ryan Adams... A lot of his music was played last night.  Remembered this one.. (We know a few guitar players.:)

Flutter by.. If I were a butterfly

flutterbye 2, originally uploaded by 2bamazed.

If I were a butterfly, where would I go?
Fluttering here and there
to and fro.

Gliding on winds breath,
taking in the scenes
Nothing to hold one back
because I have wings..

If I were a butterfly, where would I go?
flutter by, butterfly
to and fro..

Only I, only I, would know.

If I were a butterfly...

~Kimberley Jones 2010 "Flutter by butterfly"
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Took this the other day on my porch.. Rain showers had just ended, and the sun was showing its face.. I had to let my lens acclimate
to the hot and humid conditions outside vs the nice cool room it was in.. (very time consuming when you have a fast subj. such as this..)

Butterflies just amaze me..when we see them in their fullness. One would find themselves in awe.. Fascination sets in as you watch one in flight, or resting on a flower, taking in its sweet nectar.

However, if one digs deeper into the story, it is even more fascinating.. I found this story some years ago, but it has helped me along the way..

The story of the butterfly
http://www.hawaiiswim.org/business/TheButterfly/TheButterfly.html

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly.
One day a small opening appeared.
He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours
as it struggled to squeeze its body through the tiny hole.
Then it stopped, as if it couldn't go further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly.
He took a pair of scissors and
snipped off the remaining bits of cocoon.
The butterfly emerged easily but
it had a swollen body and shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch it,
expecting that any minute the wings would enlarge
and expand enough to support the body,
Neither happened!
In fact the butterfly spent the rest of its life
crawling around.
It was never able to fly.

What the man in his kindness
and haste did not understand:
The restricting cocoon and the struggle
required by the butterfly to get through the opening
was a way of forcing the fluid from the body
into the wings so that it would be ready
for flight once that was achieved.

Sometimes struggles are exactly
what we need in our lives.
Going through life with no obstacles would cripple us.
We will not be as strong as we could have been
and we would never fly.

So have a nice day and struggle a little and teach well.

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So a little thought to add.. With our struggles in life and sometimes the feeling comes across to just give up.. Remember, these struggles help give strength for one's fullness, When you can finally see the light and spread your wings and fly..

Flutter by butterfly, flutter by.

2bamazed, always