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A Curious Visit!
On the Bog (with Kat, Bear, & Wogs)

On the Bog. Mary Kate Kopec. Love and Big Hugs!

A Curious Visit!

New visitors to the Bog stirred the creatures far and wide – along with Kat, Bear, and Wogs – with joyful curiosity, and BIG HOPES!

It was a delightfully warm and sunny spring day! The rains had greened everything up, and bright, yellow dandelions dotted the soft, plush, green grass.

A happy chorus of cheerful chirps, squeaks, quacks, and buzzy flights filled the air.

With their picnic camp all set up, Kat, Bear, and Wogs settled in for an afternoon of fun and merry onlooking!

Mr. and Mrs. Mallard swam, and munched, and explored all throughout the little pond they’d found, poking their beaks into the cattails, looking for private places to nestle.

To the gleeful anticipation of their onlookers, the ducks were deciding if this might be The Right Pond for them.

Kat (raising the binocs to get a better peek): I hope they move in! We might get to see baby ducks!!!

Wogs (reaching for the camera to catch some snaps): This is a great pond! We could get lucky!

Bear (loving their exciting picnic day together and thinking baby ducks would definitely be super cute): Mrow!

Bee Kind. Mary Kate Kopec. Love and Big Hugs!

Beeeeee Kind to yourself today! Give yourself some love! Take a moment to pause. Breathe. Let go. Just be.

Be in this moment. Beeee LOVE!

Give gratitude for this beautiful day … our happy time together. Give gratitude for your beautiful body … mind … and soul! Give gratitude for the Big Love in your heart and all the delights you share!

I’m hugging you SO BIG! Thank you for sharing this bright moment with me, and taking this deep, rejuvenating breath with me! I am so happy you are here!

ps: I also want to share a gentle reminder to beeee kind to the bees as well. We desperately need them. They love dandelions and other pollen producing flowers. Help them out … leave some water out nearby … don’t use pesticides and herbicides on your flowers (including dandelions). Together we can save the bees, and the bees can help save us!

A New Happy Place!
On the Bog (with Kat, Bear, & Wogs)

A New Happy Place!

With the snows gone, sounds of spring abounded On the Bog!

The day was bright and inviting, with only a bit of a chill remaining in the air.

Out for a refreshing walk, Kat, Bear, & Wogs ventured deeper into the woods beyond the Bog and found a new happy place!

Kat (pointing with overflowing glee): Look! A river. And there are fishies! And do you see the bluebird?!!! Ohmigosh, is that a weeping willow tree?

Wogs (nodding and delighting in their find): That is a weeping willow! What a happy place!

Kat (grinning huge at Wogs and Bear): When the leaves come back, we can come here to picnic and play!

Wogs (nodding enthusiastically): It’ll be our new happy place!

Bear (flickering his tail with excitement and keeping his eyes on a splashing fish he spied): Mrow.

With spring a’comin’ and bringing delight, this could be a wondrous moment of self-exploration and finding new happinesses about yourself.

Consider taking a moment to imagine new possibilities for yourself. What do you see? What goodness, what new thing might you like to try? A new place? A new healthy food? A new way to breathe (paced, for instance) to grow peace and calm into your days? A new friendship? A new interest to explore? A new happy, nurturing, and nourishing habit to grow?

With spring comes rebirth and reinvigoration of mind, body, and spirit! What positivity, reaffirmation, and goodness will you invite into you and your life? What hug and love will you give yourself today?

And speaking of hugs … try this one on for a big smiling silliness in your day today!

Spring Is Coming!
On the Bog (with Kat, Bear, & Wogs)

Spring Is Coming!

The sun rose, big and bright over the Bog, lifting the spirits of everyone as it started its climb upward into the brilliant blue sky!

Cottony fluffball clouds dotted the luminous blue, way up high, and invited the sun to join them.

It was a new dawn. A new day. And spring was on its blossoming way!

The snow had mostly melted, leaving only small, wet, glistening patches here and there.

The deciduous trees weren’t quite budding yet, but the faint buzz and hum of life from all the awakening creatures in the Bog could be heard. The stir of everyone waking up from their winter slumber filled the air with jubilant, bubbly excitement!

Even though the breeze was still brisk with the chill of winter fading, Kat, Bear, and Wogs felt warm with happiness and delighted anticipation for all the coming goodness of spring!

Squeech flittered from branch to branch, chirping and singing with energized cheer! Tickled pink, Flop and Fluff hopped and bounced with lightness and glee! Even Bear could be heard purring in delight!

Kat (feeling a renewed and refreshed brightness in her heart and waving big love and light to you!): Hugging you so big! Isn’t this just a wonderful breath of fresh air?!!!!

Wogs (feeling a bounce in his step and waving love and light to you): Hugging you so big! Take this moment just for you; be light and breathe deep!

Bear (purring loudly now and flicker-waving love and light to you from the tip of his tail): Mrow! (…which of course means he is hugging you so big … and encouraging you to take this moment to refresh and take a deep, cleansing breath!)

Winter can be so long, so cold, and so dis-inviting. I hope the thawing snows, brightening sun, warming weather, and the promise of spring coming helps to lift your spirits and help you feel light and bright again!

If you’ve been busy, busy on the go, go, go, or feeling low, please take a moment to simply be. Wherever you are. Whatever is calling to you. For even just a breath, stop and savor you, your precious and beautiful body, this moment, and this breath. Feel a re-blossoming of your goodness and joy! And smile the biggest you’ve smiled all day!!!

I’m hugging you so BIG! Filling you with all the love in my heart! And surrounding you with blooming, cheerful light!