yellow springs, the spell

went to yellow springs yesterday and hiked and stuff. it was quite wonderful. got lost in the woods on the changing trails (as always) and found the edge of the fabled pine forest. we also found an enchanted looking tree. it was unlike all of the other trees, and was at the center of a ring of trees. upon finding our way out of the woods, we both felt our minds clearing. just like what connie said once about untagling wind chimes. i spotted a pretty large snake, as i seem to have an affinity for doing. walked the town in the sunset, had pizza and beer at the tavern, then went to peaches for an open mic. we haven't been to an open mic in a long time, particularly since the demise of vics. pretty sure it isn't quite the scene for us anymore, but there was a lot of good energy floating about the place, which was really good.

last night when we got back home i felt a lot of clarity, and i felt really inspired and motivated. i wanted to jump up today out of bed and get right to work on some art. when i got up today, i found myself getting overwhelmed with everything, everytime i tried to start on something. i have all the energy for it, but i seem to just keep jumping from thing to thing and spinning my wheels never really even getting a good start. this has been happening a lot lately. i think coming out of that intense quarter really has me overthinking everything that i approach to the point of paralysis. this makes it difficult to just begin doing anything, without much careful consideration... and probably an externally enforced deadline. i don't mind working like that from time to time, but i need to regain my spontaneity and just allow my self to be in the state of creation. the fact that i'm having trouble reaching this pure zen-like state makes the need for it to happen even greater. i must combat the spell that is upon me.

going to see the dead weather tonight!! its gonna be awesome.

oh no

they plowed over our backyard garden today. they cut almost everything down. they took the 12ft tall sunflowers, the morning glories, the day lillies, the moon flowers, the dianthus, tomato plants, a baby maple tree, a baby oak tree, etc etc etc. it looks like a vacant lot back there now. there is just a big open yard of dirt. they even tore down our lattice archway with the morning glories climbing around it. luckily, they left our bench swing, red chair, firepit, and lavender and clayomes (but only because we caught them in time and asked them to). i suppose it is at least a little more okay because i hadn't put as much into it this year as i had been the last couple of years, and we have some nice things growing out front as well. it's still pretty upsetting, though. they did it because we moved upstairs and some people are moving in downstairs and apparently they thought we 'didn't want any of that stuff back there anymore'. whatever. i guess we can plant some new stuff. it is rough seeing it like this though.

we're starting to get more settled in to our new place, trying to finish unpacking and rearranging. we're both pretty stoked about it all. things are kinda sprawling along on a different level. we're trying to do all kinds of things this summer, and maybe even take another trip. we're looking at sf, portland, or chicago. amber really wants to see bat for lashes.

tomorrow we're going to get our car back and hang out with my family for a bit, then amber's family for the afternoon / evening. i hope her mom's feeling better. she is deathly allergic to onions and accidentally ate something with a small amount of them today at a restaurant. i guess she got quite sick and her face swelled up but it wasn't bad enough to need to go to the hospital. i'm excited, though to hang out with her parents. we don't get to see them very often, and they've just recently bought a house and moved over to bucyrus. it's very nice and i think they really like having people over.

also tomorrow night the new harry potter movie will be coming out. i'm so super excited about it.

ooh off to bed for me, have to get up early.