Happy New Year!

Van Dusen Garden
Originally uploaded by Jet Of Hearts.

Happy New Year to all my friends and blog readers!

What a year it has been.... I grieve all that's lost and count myself lucky with all that's been found. Thank you to all my friends, I would not be here without you.

I hope today finds you with loved ones - know that I'm thinking of you.

Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And everything you do,
Yeah they were all yellow
-- Coldplay, Yellow

When I think of the year... year and a bit, really.... There are moments that stand out, filled with love, filled with peace.
There are moments that stnad out, filled with loneliness, filled with pain.
I climb on the griffon and let it carry me up high, so high that the grass no longer cuts my ankles and the bitter taste of Eve's apple washes away in the sunlight. What is, is. I let it wash over me and not touch me. What was, is past. I hold it out in my hand and examine it but don't let it cling to me.

Lights go out and I can’t be saved
Tides that I tried to swim against
Brought me down upon my knees
Oh I beg, I beg and plead
-- Coldplay, In My Place

O no, I see,
I spun a web, it's tangled up with me,
And I lost my head,
The thought of all the stupid things I said,
O no what's this?
A spider web, and I'm caught in the middle,
I turned to run,
The thought of all the stupid things I've done,

I never meant to cause you trouble,
And I never meant to do you wrong,
And I, well if I ever caused you trouble,
O no, I never meant to do you harm.
-- Coldplay, Trouble