Thursdays & Little Sleep

The sun is shining and I find myself staring out a window, should I go sit outside with my laptop and write? Or should I take a nap and get some much needed sleep after the marathon session of scanning and looking through photos. Hmmmmm I'll opt for the first one, and hope that I don't fall asleep in the sun-that would be bad. That has happened to me a lot-well maybe not a lot- a lot but enough times that I really should be more careful. I blame the weather, the barking dog next door and even the sheep across the way-who drive me mad with their baaing all day and all night long. How on earth do farmers cope with that constant cacophony of sound in the background. I nearly lost the will to live several times-and that was just in the space of five minutes, Lord knows what a lifetime of listening to that would do to me. I fear it would be an unpleasant outcome for all.

Right time to sit and compose my masterpiece, the raw sound of a voice not tempered by standard or convention but left to roam free like a mustang-those animals will never be truly tamed, there is an ethereal other worldly feeling about them, the raw power just pulsing beneath the surface, and then like a flash they are streaking across the ground in front of you. Sinews straining, necks reaching, nostrils flaring, hoofs thundering as they charge the field and it is just a raw display of power in its most primal and pure form. I love it, I am inspired by it, there is such a beautiful simplicity in it.

That's all for now, so take a wander around your neighbourhood and really drink it in, revel in it, find something quirky and put it away for a rainy day when you feel a bit slow or sluggish. I have numerous pick me ups stowed away in a raincoat with deep pockets that I ferret about in on a daily basis-so take heart and take notice, the next smile or laugh is merely a memory away.

T