The Things We See

Last weekend we went for a hike/walk.  Indian paintbrush was out.  

I have been thinking about seeing things.  Many things continue to be new for Annie, even Sage.  On Wednesday night I was eager to get the pups in water, it was hot hot hot.  So we went to one of our hush-hush spots.  It required Annie to step a little further down into the water than she has been used to doing.  In other words, a larger drop-off.  Like she did the first few days in our lives, she cussed at it for a minute, then dove in.  Now it is familiar to her.  But newness always brings out the tentativeness in us, the imagination of good and maybe bad.  It's fun to try and see things through Sage and Annie's eyes, to try and understand their anxieties, their fears, and of course, their courage.

And so, I am learning to see things new.  The drop off, the flowers, the heat.  Familiar and new, again.  

Murphy's day.