A Rainy Day

FINALLY it's raining a nice steady rain that is predicted to last all day!  The Pond level is way down - at least a foot, probably more like 18 inches, which doesn't sound like a lot.   But if you know the Pond,   for the first time ever I can remember, one can walk on the earth between the Pond and the cottage porch supports!
I'm reminded of my father these days.  I remember once finding one of his diaries written toward the end of his life where the only information he wrote was concerned with the weather.  Why is it we are so absorbed with weather?  Could it be from our heritage when human beings lived with the sun as their clock?  Their activities and their food depended on the sunlight and rain that fell on their property?
At any rate, I love the rainy days when I feel perfectly justified in staying inside and reading a romance novel without any guilt for not "getting something done."  Also a great day for baking cookies!
So, after yoga class this morning, it's back to the house for a long quiet day!  An opportunity to easily be in the present moment.

New Furniture

Today is a new one beginning a week of absolutely beautiful fall weather.  I'm inspired to write about where we are today.  Both Frank and I are experiencing new aches and pains that mystify us.  But, at the same time, we are so grateful for all the good things we enjoy - particularly living where we live  enjoying the peace and quiet of The Pond.  This little friend visits us occasionally just outside our porch window.
I have been experiencing much knee pain for several months now and am resigned to the fact that I must pay attention to it whether or not I like it.  Tomorrow I'll begin work at Wellness Works with a trainer who hopefully can steer me onto a path of leg strength improvement.   It's funny but I keep thinking things will clear up on their own, but finally will get some more help.  I'm guessing it's arthritis, but then we all expect that at this age -  hard to believe I'll be 85 in April.  I can only be grateful that I am in such good health overall.  Still, it's not fun to have what I call unreliable knees.
On the wonderful side, We had a new "extra firm" mattress and springs delivered yesterday, but the most exciting event is they also delivered a new chest-of-drawers and mirror to my bedroom.  Believe it or not, I have been using a small one that was originally my boys' furniture - and they are now in their early 50s! I'm not sure why it has taken me so long to acquire one, but NOW I have it!  Finally I can avoid storing clothes under the beds!   Of course, the old one is still here - but removed to the utility room.
Enough for today - time to put clothes into my new furniture!

May Yoga Retreat in Provence - 2016

It is important to blog a bit about the May Yoga Retreat, Om Provence, in France with Kate and Con. So here are a few photos to start.

Kate and Me at JFK Ready to Take OFF

Our Cottage in Provence

There is much more to write about the fantastic trip with my dear niece and the other powerful women who were there with us.  There will be more to come.
(Never got this published before - from May of 2016 - and the more that was to come, never came.  Still I love the photos and wanted to share.)

Desk Clean-up Day

Today is clean-up desk day.  And, as you may know, this day is disconcerting to say the least.  I have now completed 6 "chores" that have been hanging over my head for several weeks. What a way to start a beautiful October day.  One event is a truly funny one: I stuck the new decal on the license plate and placed my new car registration in the car and removed the last one - which was not even mine!  All I can guess is that when I had a slight bumper bump in a parking lot some months ago and the policeman returned our registration cards, he switched mine with the other woman's!  In our defense, it was poring rain that day.  Hers has not yet expired, so I promptly stuck it in the mail - fortunately her address is on the registration card.  When she receives hers in the mail from me, I'll bet she is surprised as I was.  At least I hope she hasn't had some need for it before now.
Otherwise, it has been uneventful so far.  But, now I have the rest of the day to feel good about getting paperwork cleared up - well, mostly anyway.  What's left can wait until next Monday.  I hope.

Return to Posting September 30, 2017

"Mackerel Clouds"

In the past month two of my friends, Diana and Ileana, have asked me to write postings for my blog again.  For several months the thought has been in the back of my mind but today the true inspiration hit me with a hard knock - write about this!  Mackerel clouds.  I Googled it and found it is a common name of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds arranged in this fashion.   Thanks to my man, Frank, who interrupted my reading to show me this phenomenon of which  pilots are well aware, but not me.   Thanks to the Universe for providing us with such beauty and pleasure!  The wonderful thing is - hardly a day goes by here at The Pond without something catching our eyes and causing us to wonder and be grateful for the serenity and beauty of our home.