Rocket Girl

I was listening to this song the other day, feeling sorry for myself.

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(I have it playing on my ipod when I run...thinking the title alone should inspire me to run faster....having "rocket" in the title and all.

{I know it doesn't work when I look at my pace, but it was an idea to inspire speed...})

Anyway.

My mood has been melancholy as of late.

I haven't been inspired, or felt a moment of elation in anything that normally thrills me,

and I feel as though I have lost my "upbeat-ness" somewhere out there.

I feel  I'm that Rocket Girl....traveling away into far unknown places.....

or places that aren't usually seen by the average person.

~if only in my mind.~

How about China?

I want to run along the Great Wall.....

take in the gardens and walk the bridges.

Then there are the plains of Africa.

A safari or 2....catching glimpses of never-ending plains where exotic animals roam.

And Mt. Kilimanjaro is on my list to hike.

Even a trip "Down by the Bay" would be lovely.

A row in my Rowboat amongst the reeds and cattails....

catching sight of a fish leaping from the water or strange birds diving for lunch.

My dream....Italy.

Where laundry is hung between homes and the pieces flutter above your head in the sunlight.

Flowers in the open window sills....music and wine and the best of Italian food.

The Swiss Alps. 

I've wanted to go there ever since I was in Grade 6 and had to do a report on those mountains.

To climb, or ski, or just listen to a yodel as the sound bounces between the peaks.

After the song ends and the pictures in my mind slow down a bit...

I stop.

And realize something.

All those places I dream of.....yes....are actually out there somewhere.

But those scenes can be found right here in my backyard.

And I get to see them all for free.

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~all photos above taken from right here...

where I  already am.~