Sleep

Sleep...who needs it anyway?  Well, I would LIKE some more.  My husband deals with serious neuropathy in his feet.  He wakes me up all the time.  And in the morning, I just cannot get back to sleep.  He is not diabetic and no one can tell us why he deals with this.  It could be the cement floors that he has been working on for years and years...or a number of other things.  But more than what has caused it, we can't figure out how to get rid of it.  We have tried a number of things.  Let's see...medications, acupuncture, supplementation...and on and on.  This and that.  That and this.  I really feel for him.  Sometimes it doesn't hurt at all and then sometimes it hurts a lot.  Last night was one of the latter.  But enough of that. 

Today I want to talk about animals.  My son has been waking up and commenting on the birds.  We live near a very wild greenbelt and the birds love it there.  One day he said it must be Spring since the birds have all come back.  It is neat to see that my love of nature has rubbed off a little on him.  And as I sit in my office at work, I can hear the frogs singing outside my window.  When I go out to put the chickens to bed, I can hear the songs of the crickets.  And on my drive to work almost every day I look up on the light pole in this one section of road and I see a red-tailed hawk sitting there, just watching the world go by. 

I am going to be going out to take care of my friends' animals this weekend.  They live where we used to live, out in the country.  I am looking forward to hopefully see Blue, the resident Blue Heron.  He mated one year when we lived there.  I have to admit that there is nothing more beautiful than seeing two adults and a baby Blue Heron winging their way across the sky. 

I am watching Spring come in.  I know I need to do something in the yard/garden.  But I have been so very busy at work these past few weeks that I have just not had the time or energy to do anything.  Maybe today I will just throw some seeds in and see what happens.  :-) 

Thank you for having tea with me this morning.  Have a good week. 

Signs of Spring

Good morning!  I cannot believe that it is Saturday already.  What a whirlwind week!  I have been chasing deadlines all week, between running here and there on outside appointments for work. 

I have to admit though that yesterday I was thrilled to be on the road!  What a beautiful day!  The sun was shining and the drive was just gorgeous. Then I got to visit a small farm.  18 horses, a lot of dogs and PUPPIES!  I was invited in to sit at their kitchen table as we talked.  I could live in that home.  Puppy barking and dog dishes.  The lady was embarrassed because the house wasn't perfect, but I felt right at home.  Of course I had two dogs run up right away to visit. Such fun.  I will attach a picture of the puppies as soon as I get it uploaded. 

And the people...they were so warm and welcoming.  It was such a good reminder. I could tell they work hard.  But they love what they are doing.  It was very evident. 

And so, that lovely drive and then visit, and the fact that I am finally over my cold that lasted for five weeks, really made me start looking for signs of Spring.  I found that our little daffodils that are in a pot on our front porch have started to bloom.  Next to our porch is a little patch of herbs and the chives are showing their heads.  There are BIRDS!  There are lots of birds around here.  We have a crazy, wild green belt behind our house and the birds congregate there at this time of year.  So lovely to hear their song first thing in the morning. 

I think it is time to start looking at the garden and getting a few things planted.