Precious – Snoring – Photo: L. Weikel
First Taste
Wild winds and driving rain galloped through our area this evening, heralding a cold front that will give us our first taste of the incoming late fall/early winter season. No, not snow – at least so far as I can tell from The Weather Channel. But by Wednesday we’re only supposed to reach a high of 41 – with a low of 24 degrees! Brr!
When the temperatures drop precipitously, I find myself wanting to curl up in a blanket with a good book and my beloved beasts cuddled up beside me. I’m also a little unsettled by the sleepiness that overtakes me when the wind howls and the glider gets blown off the porch.
It’s almost as if my processors just need to shut down for a bit. Or maybe it’s that I need to be unplugged and allowed to re-set.
I’m Not Alone
I was sitting on the couch earlier and heard a god-awful snoring. Mind you, I miss Sheila incredibly much – and she was the worst of the worst. Her snoring would definitely have warranted, had she been human, some sort of intervention, perhaps a C-Pap machine. But alas, it’s been almost two full months since she’s been gone and it wasn’t until I heard the massive snoring behind my head that I realized just how quiet our house has become in the cacophonous sleeping department.
No, it was Precious. She was deeply asleep and clearly snuggled in for the night.
I made a short video clip of her sonorous slumber and also snagged a couple shots of her blissful face in repose.
She had it right. Sleep. Deep sleep.
Plant Those Seeds?
I hope you gave yourselves the gift of at least devoting a few minutes over this weekend to reflecting on the transformation and creations you want to be a part of as we move forward. There’s a lot going on.
I planted some seeds today; tried something new. Made a commitment and followed through with it – created a container I’ve been wanting to offer for a few months.
As I take my first tentative steps forward, I’ll be writing about it here. Soon. And offering it on a wider scale as I establish my foundations. My heartfelt gratitude goes out to the courageous ‘early-adopters.’
In the meantime, at the moment at least, I’m going to follow Precious’s cue, catch some zzzs, pull the plug and re-set.
(T-376)