Friday Five: How's the View from Up There?

Sally says at RevGals:  This week I took some time out to stop and walk and take in the view; my son Chris is studying in one of the most beautiful parts of the country, too often we simply drive up there, turn around and come home! This time Tim and I took time out to take in the view. It occurs to me that we need to do that more in life....

With that in mind I offer you this weeks Friday Five:

1. How important is the "big picture" to you, do you need a glimpse of the possibilities or are you a details person?  I am so far on the big picture end of the spectrum, it's scary.  I am in fact working on this part of my personality...it can cause significant er, challenges. 

2. If the big picture is important to you how do you hold onto it in the nitty gritty details of life?  With a slippery death grip?  Not very well?  Really, with little routines and rituals I've designed for myself.  I think of these things as "the rules:"  "The rule is that I have to sort ALL the mail before I sit down to read any of it, and no fair putting it down anywhere!"  "The rule is that I have to clean out the sink before I go to bed."  I do break these rules a lot, you need to know.  BUT, when I do things according to "the rules," I get a sticker! on my calendar (because I'm really three years old) and I say, "Yeah for me! Yeah for me!"  Sometimes I make Ken say, "Yeah for you! Yeah for you!"  He thinks I'm wacko (which I am) but perhaps that's just part of my not inconsiderable charm. 

3. Name a book, poem, psalm, piece of music that transports to to another dimension ( one....what am I thinking....)  Mozart's Requiem.  Also the Fauré "Cantique de Jean Racine" (Psalm 84). 

4.Thinking of physical views, is there somewhere that inspires you, somewhere that you breathe more easily?  The thinking place.  The beach.  The yard under the trees. 

5. A picture opportunity... post one if you can ( or a link to one!)        
This picture is of Brandon and Josie on the way home from Galveston...at least 6 years ago. 

They are both much more grown up now; and as of yesterday, Brandon is A COLLEGE STUDENT. 

Yes indeed, he and his mom went down to our local community college and got him tested and registered and signed up for an online US Government class in the second summer term.  I'm sure proud of him and glad he's taking the step. 

Go, Bran!  Look out, world!