These Will Have To Do

Here are just some random images I thought I would share.
Because right now, my mind is too empty and too full.
If that makes any kind of sense.

Piece By Piece, Little By Little, Bit By Bit

Today we spent the day fall cleaning and moving the computer/desk/filing cabinet out of the livingroom and up to Gracie's old room - which was transformed into the playroom-the-kids-never-use. Now half of Gracie's old room is the playroom. The other half is a "work area" for the two grown-ups in the house.

The weather has been perfect around here for such tasks.
Cold.
Windy.
Rainy.
Fall finally seems to have arrived and it feels wonderful.

Thursday I was supposed to chaperon a field trip to a pumpkin farm with Gracie's preschool class. However, weather not permitting, we got a day at home. Just her & I.
It was spent making up nonsensical Knock-Knock jokes, cuddling, and doing nothing in particular.
I did make a batch of Lentil & Sausage Soup that was heavenly.

I have pulled the heavier blankets out & look forward to slipping under them each & every night.
Despite the pull I felt to veg out in front of the TV last night, I opted instead, to light a few candles, curl up under our most delicious blanket, and listen to the rain falling on our A/C window unit (that we probably won't think to remove until January). I pretended we had a tin roof and fell asleep to the metallic drip-drop! and tried to let my stress wash away with the heavy rain that was falling.

Here are a few snapshots from today:

I wonder how much longer they will enjoy doing this together?

This I think is so precious because of her reflection. Click on it if you would like to see it enlarged.

After spending much of the day cleaning upstairs, I found a brown grocery bag that is especially for food donations that came to us in the newspaper, completely empty. As soon as I began to ask out loud where the cans were, I saw them. I still don't know which of my wee ones did this, but something about it touched my heart. And I don't really know why.

I don't know why I was inspired to take this. But looking at all of the colors of all of the thread I own makes me feel....hopeful.

I don't know what else to say about this picture. I just think it is darling.

Hope you all are having a great weekend!

Autumnal Healing

Well, autumn has finally made her grand entrance to little old Delaware.
It is chilly, rainy, and a slight wind is kissing the leaves.
It is pushing them down the road in a skitter-skat motion.
Just barely nudging them along.

And it is delicious.
I love this weather.

To top it all off, I am heading to the small town where my Dad & Eileen live.
Eileen is treating me to my first reiki treatment today.
I am so excited.

After my treatment, we're going to have dinner together. Just the two us.

Maybe the treatment will cure my writer's block.
Then again, maybe no.
But my skin is itching in anticipation.

The Wind

There is a Fall wind blowing outside of my house tonight. It's the kind of wind that usually ushers in a dramatic change. It's the kind of wind that will eventually rise to a crescendo. This is the 'prewind'. You can feel the tension building. It's the beginning of something. In each gust, brings with it a little cooler temperature. A different smell. The tide is changing. I know tomorrow, the air will be changed. There will not be tomorrow what there was today.
Somehow, today, I could feel a change. I don't know what it is. I don't know what it will bring. Whether it will be good or bad. Or just merely something indifferent. I just know that I feel something about to break.

"I listen to the wind

to the wind of my soul

Where I'll end up

Well I think only God really knows

I've sat upon the setting sun

But never, never, never, nerver

wanted water once

No never, never, never"

Cat Stevens ~ "The Wind"

I would hardly call myself psychic. And if I did, you would all call me crazy. I prefer to call myself perceptually gifted. However, there are times when I can pick up vibrations. Miniscule changes that no one else can detect. It's a feeling that resonates within my every tissue. I can feel things in the air, I can feel them wafting off of people. It's almost as if I can see straight through them. And I barely even have to think about it. It just comes to me. Like my next breath.

It sort of reminds me of sharks. They have small pores, that look like black dots on their bodies. They're called ampullae of Lorenzini. They are used to detect electro-magnetic fields - vibrations in the water - to detect dead and dying prey. Because of the ampullae of Lorenzini, they are able to sense, to pick up on these vibrations. They can't see what it is, but their bodies are built to pick up these vibrations. Granted, I'm not interested in finding prey. But I believe my body is built to pick up people vibrations. ( I told you back here that my favorite class was Oceanography in high school - super geek, that's me).
There are times when I can see something. Like a snapshot inside my head. Almost as if it looks as though it's been filmed on 8mm film. Then replayed inside my head. Sometimes it's as clear as a picture - sometimes it's like I'm looking through Swiss Cheese. Sometimes it's as if it's shown to me on purpose - other times on accident.
Whether I am just highly perceptive - or just down right nuts - I don't know. I just know that when these things come to me, I listen. The finality is in my gut. It feels like a brick. Once I feel that, I know to stop & wait. See what happens.
So, with this wind tonight, I feel a change. I have the feeling in my gut. I'm waiting for the input. Every sense is awakened & waiting......
You can call me crazy. But there are plenty that know all of this to be true.......

Harvest Moon

I love this weather. I love the new crispness that is in the air. T-shirt and jeans weather. That's my uniform. Always has been. I'm sad to see the summer go. I don't get desperate for it until January. But I love the Autumn. I love sleeping with the windows open. I love snuggling up to my Ravioli (man-meat, Bry) on these chilly nights. I know that Autumn is not completely here yet. We'll probably get a few more days of warm temps. But I love these preview days. It gets me in the mood for apples, pumpkins and the beautiful foliage.

As a little Autumn side-note the kids (well, Connor) is getting all amped up for Halloween. He wants to be a StormTrooper. Great. I have no problem with him being a StormTrooper. It's finding a StormTrooper costume that will fit him. I did a little 'window shopping' online & found one his size for $60, which does not include shipping. I don't know if I want to splurge that much. As soon as Halloween was over last year, that's all he's talked about. Getting a StormTrooper costume. I'll probably buckle & buy the blasted thing.

I'm attempting to make Gracie's costume. I got a pattern to make her the infamous blue gingham dress that will transform her into Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. I've never sewn clothing before beyond buttons & hems and popped seams. Quilting? No problem. Making my own design for a quilt? No problem. But looking at this pattern & trying to comprehend it. Problem. I have issues with reading directions anyway. I'm a visual person. Show me how to do something, it's downloaded into my permanent files. But me try to read something & figure it out on my own. Bad. Really bad. We'll see how this turns out. Wish me (and Gracie) luck. I hope she doesn't look totally ridiculous. This reminds me of the Cosby episode where Theo wanted this designer shirt, but it was too much $. So, Denise convinces him that she can sew a shirt to look exactly like it. And the thing was hideous. One arm was way long, one shoulder was puffy, the collar was all askew. Anyway.......I've rambled into a ridiculous tirade.