A Paintbrush Across the Sky

Caught this last night. Out of my window. Ridiculous.

There are probably a ton of sensor dirt spots all over this image. The Canon 5D is in desperate need of a damn good hiding. I think that’s how you spell it in Lancashire. Right good washing up.

Gonna be a nutburger week it looks like. Battery croaked in the car/truck/SUV. Fun times. It’s in these moments when you realize, even if very slightly, why people pair up: backup. In modern terms, backup means something different than it did for our ancestors. With parenting, backup means someone steps in when the other is at the end of their tether. I realized something the other day. I’ve never fully lived alone as an adult as long as I have the past 4 months. Crazy to fathom. I’m still getting a handle on the nights when I don’t have the girls. Hell, I have them tonight and I’m still up past midnight working on stuff. I’ve got to re-balance myself. I think the lack of equilibrium comes from living life as a unit and all that entails and having the balance that such a unit inherently provides. I’m still adjusting to not having the unit aspect full-time. Super weird. Still feel like a stranger in the condo sometimes. I’m having homeless dreams where I am living close to the edge and I lose it and end up homeless. That feeling of dread upon waking is the most super special way to start a new day.

Still, the glass is full-ish. I’m going to stand by that for awhile. Sit with it. Maybe take a sip or two.

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Daily affirmation: You are making progress. Notice it.

Lilly O’Handley

Is your sunset normally that vivid or do you reckon it’s due to the unfortunate fires that are raging in Colorado?
- http://blurbomat.com/ blurb
  
  It can be that vivid, but I think the fires are doing things to the sky.
http://twitter.com/lala34mc Laura Gaunt

Holy.
americanrecluse

I like this affirmation. We tend to claim the bad bits as ours, when we should be claiming the goods bits, too, like progress.

Gorgeous photo. You have an enviable view.
PandoraHasABox

You *are* making progress. It’s noticeable in your art, for one.

Also, if these are the photos you can take from your bedroom window, you are a lucky man. Just breath-taking.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1274377806 Tek Gomez

my goodness, that’s beautiful..
http://twitter.com/SassafrasMama SassafrasMama

The photo is lovely and the sentiment is so very spot on….I live 2000 miles from family but when it was my partner and I and our son, I never felt the least bit vulnerable. Subtract one and it felt like a whole new game. A scary one. So then I took it one day at a time, learned to ask for help, and just kept believing that it would get better. It did and the same will happen for you.

Pulling for you from NJ.
http://twitter.com/cyndyyates cyndyyates

Stunning photo!
jenniferdaddio

Stunning photo. Love that these amazing pieces are right outside your window. And ditto to Pandora’s comment: you are making progress. Hang in there.
Nina

My ex and I split up when my children were 4 and six months, but split time equally (every other week), until the last few years when the eldest went to college, and I moved with the youngest. I loved it. My ex loved it. We got to be single every other week. Granted, we got along extremely well, and had similar parenting styles, which meant we didn’t worry about the kids on the off weeks. All of which is to say, though it’s human nature to be a part of a pair, being alone is not without a certain charm.