indian blessing birthday...

two beautiful things collided last week:

roxie's birthday and three straight days of spring-

like weather.

spending that time indoors would have been

criminal so we loaded up the camper (the nights

were cold and we were thankful to have heat) and

went to mother neff, texas' very first state park.

maybe you know this already, but if you visit a sacred

place on your actual birthday there is a very good

chance you will leave with a blessing.

this cave still has blackened ceilings from  

tonkawa fires hundreds and hundreds of years ago. 

the morning of roxie's birthday we packed a lunch and 

hiked to the cave. she found a necklace made

from seeds and leather in a small woven basket.

the birthday blessing legend is clearly real(wink).

a chilly first night called for supper in the camper. 

 

sweet joe, taking in the sun and quiet.