I'm startled to see that it has been 8 days since I posted. But, really, if you were here, doing this, would you be thinking about blogging?
My new favourite thing to do, and the number one reason that none of my family's dinners has been on time for, like, days.
There's something so satisfying about the whickering wheel, wind in the trees behind my house, and industrious birdsong all mingling together into a contented, busy euphony. I could spend whole days here.
Yesterday a butterfly came to rest on one maiden as I was spinning. It was only there for a second before it wafted away.
The weekends are full of my neighbours' power tools and top-forty radios, but Monday through Friday, after all their cars have charged off for work and daycare, the birds and the wheel and I make a gentler music for my neighbourhood.
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What a lovely image, Shan. I'm so glad you have a home you actually *live* in. Imagine that. ;o)
And that's quite the photo of the wheel--it's always interesting what perspective and a camera lens can do to proportions, eh?
Happy spinning!
Now, what a lovely post that was.
What a beautiful image, both the visual and the verbal.
I wish.... unfortunately I have been avoiding my backyard and really I would love to get out their and do some spinning but in all honestly it's not the most serene place to be.
We should get together sometime and do some spinning! I would love that ;-)
Lovely post. I'm with you on the noisy weekend warriors.
We have neighbor who started up his chainsaw at 10:45 PM on a Fri. night a couple weeks ago.
I imagined all the grisly things we could do to him w/ a chainsaw. Instead, dh got up and used the gas powered weedwhip on our weeds up by their bedroom on Sat. AM. Dh is so much more productive than I am.
Beautiful post.
Funny, Valerie. We have awful neighbours, and every time they party late, we ensure that we either start mowing the lawn at 8:00am the following morning, or else we feed the kids pancakes with LOADS of syrup and then send them out to play in the backyard.
Lovely Shannon, I am in awe of the life you have made for yourself.
One of the best perks of staying at home . . . doing what one wants when everyone else is at work. Love it.
Dave and I had the absolute luxury of spending the late afternoons and evenings on Lake Muskoka, these past three days. To have heard a spinning wheel along with churring chipmunks, nattering birds and buzz and hum of insects could only have completed the (albeit romantic)ideal of Upper Canada (just prior to my birthday). Lie to me if you must, but tell me there was homemade bread rising in the kitchen (after the second pounding!). Joe
Huh. This post made me realize what a great neighbourhood this is :)
You're bound to feel like you're living a fairy tale when you're out spinning in such a lovely atmosphere. Love it!
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