Friday, April 4, 2008

Appreciate Your Surroundings

I have been growing tired of the long dark. I have the winter blahs, I miss the sun and can barely recall what it feels like to not be cold. I am antsy and island fever has me in its clutches.

Yesterday made up for it a fair bit. The mailman stopped his truck in front of my house. Two ravens hopped into his truck. On the way to town, the bald eagles perched in all the trees alongside the road like enormous Christmas tree ornaments. A herd of large sea lions played in the water as they swam past the dock where I parked my car. A healthy, fluffy fox crossed the road in front of me en route home again. A family of deer grazed in my yard last evening.

I get it. Be happy for where I live and all its wonders. I am and I do.

Still cold, though.

1 comment:

Rowan said...

we used to have deer when I lived in PA, they would come down from the mountain and walk on the stone driveway just before the sun came up. they sounded like little kids in sneakers on the stone.