Congratulations! You have now made it through the "Take a trip with Us '07" blog! Reminiscent of the vacation slides that your old Uncle Ed would make you sit through, this blog kept our 10 days of adventure alive all summer. For me, this was as much of a "trip back home" as it was a journey to a new place. My trip to the north has been a long time coming, being re-located and adopted at birth to Texas 38 years ago from North Dakota. This was my chance to experience a bit of my Scandinavian heritage. It turned out that we were touring more of a Finnish land than a Dutch land (I'm lots dutch) but I still fit in very well with the widely European people of the UP (Upper Peninsula of Michigan). No longer did I stand out as a tall, broad shouldered, pale skinned woman with ice blue eyes. Instead I was just one of the crowd. In fact, I can't say I have ever been around more blue eyed people in my lifetime. Something I'm used to getting comments on here in the south ("you've got such blue eyes") was the norm all around us. I took home many experiences from this expedition. Perhaps the most important impression was just fitting in with folks like me.
While on the Island, I took a nature journaling class from writer Cindy Crosby. She challenged us all to write our own haiku about our surroundings. Being personally impacted by the people and the natural surroundings, this is what I came up with:
Isle Royale
Blue everywhere
Blue eyes, watching blue skies over blue shores
Royale Blue
5 comments:
What a great finish to a awesome vacation. Your haiku.... I wouldn't have expected anything less. I'm proud that you felt like one of the crowd. No one deserves it more. What a experience, a once in a lifetime adventure. Next time.... Can I go too?
P.S. You can tell John Jr. this for me.... If I go with you guys next time... I can sit in the middle and freeze my bottom off instead of him. Now that he weighs more than I do... See, I'm trying to take care of my boys! Love ya! Aunt Gina
Really lovely and evocative of your whole experience-the beautiful island and finding your "roots".
I just remembered.... If I'm the lightweight I can't sit in the middle. But, I can get John Jr. a battery operated bun warmer! And I promise I would do that for him. As cold natured as I am, I probably have one around here somewhere. Ha Ha
I love your haiku! You are a beautiful writer, painter and photographer. And have beautiful blue eyes to boot!
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