It Happens
When I crack open my eyes about eight in the morning, the first thing I seek to see is what the evergreen right outside my bedroom window is doing. The evergreen also has wind chimes on the lower branches. This morning, no sounds could be heard from the jingle jangle of the chimes and the branches will still. There was no shortage of all the birds that were feasting on the seeds within the evergreen and the huge evergreen shrub under the tree.
I don’t pop out of bed in the mornings. I need to make sure that I stretch out my back and hips. It is also told that you need a bit of time to let your brain know what your intentions are. There has been a time or two that moving to get my feet out of bed and on the floor too quickly has allowed for a bit of dizziness along with my eyes needing more time to focus clearly. After all . . . what’s the rush. I enjoy those first moments of realizing that there is a petition needed to be sent to the heavens that I made it through the night and with good rest and . . . I have a good heart rate. You may laugh but not every one gets to have another day.
Last year at this time, we had had a lot of heavy snow and had gone through a lot of cracked corn for the deer due to the lack of anything for them to eat. The snow was deep in the backyard. This year . . . not so much. We have green grass sticking out in various areas of the eastern part of the acre. Towards the east under the trees of the vacant neighboring lot, shrubs have been sampled. Lots of deer tracks and rabbit tracks in the snow telling us where the good eating has been found. Dennis and I haven’t talked about the possibility of feeding the deer if the winter amps up. I will let Dennis take the lead on that. It seems that the three patio porch kitties can keep Dennis entertained and busy tiding up after what they have found to play with. That is always a surprise when Dennis hits the patio porch in the mornings.
Our Christmas tree is still up and still being enjoyed. The Nativity is still on the shelf in the west porch. It is too great of a story to tuck away too soon. I did take four of the Christmas wall hangings down and have them tucked away. One large one remains for a bit more time.
This entire week looks to be Minnesota friendly for weather. It makes me happy as I always have family in mind that needs to be out and about during the weekdays. Megan is driving to school every day, dropping Nicholas off at his school. Carrie and Kevin both need to be out on roads and streets. Kersten has several city blocks which can be just as difficult as miles of country roads in weather conditions. Jeremy is working from home for much of the week. As for Dennis and I . . . we have no reason to take our vehicles out of our garages when there is a snowflake in the air. I also like the fact that my heavy jacket can stay in the closet.
It is on to suppertime. Take care everyone.