bite in the air
warm leather gloves
yesterday's brilliantly piercing sunset cast flames all across the valley
rustling through the leaves everywhere i go
watching our black kitten-now-cat mowgli stare up at the tree and pounce on any falling leaf he can anticipate
getting to the gym, starting a load of dishes and two loads of laundry and still managing a bit of me time before work this morning
the deep shade of blue of the morning sky playing backdrop to all sorts of sunkissed shades of green, yellow and red this morning
being able to head off to a job i actually enjoy and to work with people i enjoy being with
Monday, October 26, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
how is it possible to savor the warmth of the sun on my face so intensely and still be insanely excited for the promise of rain?
other good things of the day:
having a good workout this morning even though i was by myself
walking out of the gym to the smell of a brief and sudden rain on the pavement. it had passed and provo was dry, but it's coming. i can feel it
an account manager who called me today not because he needed something, but just because he wanted to tell me how much he appreciates my work
getting a free--and most luxurious--pedicure to help out my friend who is going to cosmetology school
sitting on my back deck and enjoying the weather and a visit from a friend while watching k~ and the girl next door swinging from the hammock and the chickens dig up bugs in the garden
listening to the leaves blow down on the roof so hard it sounded like rain
other good things of the day:
having a good workout this morning even though i was by myself
walking out of the gym to the smell of a brief and sudden rain on the pavement. it had passed and provo was dry, but it's coming. i can feel it
an account manager who called me today not because he needed something, but just because he wanted to tell me how much he appreciates my work
getting a free--and most luxurious--pedicure to help out my friend who is going to cosmetology school
sitting on my back deck and enjoying the weather and a visit from a friend while watching k~ and the girl next door swinging from the hammock and the chickens dig up bugs in the garden
listening to the leaves blow down on the roof so hard it sounded like rain
Sunday, October 18, 2009
it's been awhile. i left the fact that life isn't so simple get in my way.
enough of that.
lazy sunday.
not in that i didn't do a thing. i did. but having to be home with a sick child meant i spent the day in my pajamas. and did whatever i wanted to do whenever i wanted to do it.
a clean kitchen and a clean bedroom (clean is relative, you know).
the way thekittens cats are not as disinterested as their reputations would indicate. perhaps because i am not a cat person and, aside from being amused by their antics, am more or less disinterested in them, they try so obviously to attract my attention. if i walk past they stop whatever it is they are doing and roll over on their backs and try to play cute so i will scratch their stomachs. clever cats. but none too subtle.
apple/cherry fruit crisp--brown sugar, old-fashioned oats, pie cherries (not from a can), fresh apples. mmm. such a sweet taste of the harvest season.
windows open--sounds of children playing, families gathered, panic as the neighbor's hunting dog gets through the whole in the fence and goes after the cats--oblivious to the chickens who were out. they rushed to the rescue. no harm done. while relieved that blood was not shed, i feel no ill-will toward the bird dog--it's his nature. we need to fix that fence.
the calm of the sabbath-day music
a visit from melody and steve. melody bearing a gift. the perfect gift. melody knows me. the most perfect new jammies. for no reason but because she loves me.
fresh eggs--a dozen to a neighbor down on her luck. lucky seven laid fresh this morning for melody and steve. it's nice to have something to give.
70s. the warmth of the sun. the evenness in the breeze. the perfect shade of blue in the sky. the crisp vibrant colors of the leaves. i love this time of year.
enough of that.
lazy sunday.
not in that i didn't do a thing. i did. but having to be home with a sick child meant i spent the day in my pajamas. and did whatever i wanted to do whenever i wanted to do it.
a clean kitchen and a clean bedroom (clean is relative, you know).
the way the
apple/cherry fruit crisp--brown sugar, old-fashioned oats, pie cherries (not from a can), fresh apples. mmm. such a sweet taste of the harvest season.
windows open--sounds of children playing, families gathered, panic as the neighbor's hunting dog gets through the whole in the fence and goes after the cats--oblivious to the chickens who were out. they rushed to the rescue. no harm done. while relieved that blood was not shed, i feel no ill-will toward the bird dog--it's his nature. we need to fix that fence.
the calm of the sabbath-day music
a visit from melody and steve. melody bearing a gift. the perfect gift. melody knows me. the most perfect new jammies. for no reason but because she loves me.
fresh eggs--a dozen to a neighbor down on her luck. lucky seven laid fresh this morning for melody and steve. it's nice to have something to give.
70s. the warmth of the sun. the evenness in the breeze. the perfect shade of blue in the sky. the crisp vibrant colors of the leaves. i love this time of year.
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