Simple Day
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 9:38 AM 
FOR TODAY August 5, 2009
prompted by The Simple Woman's Daybook
Outside my window the skies are gray. I see a mixture of plum colored leaves and pale green gently swaying in the breeze.
I am thinking I could get up and do something, but it feels pretty cozy right here. (note i switched 'should' for 'could'.)
I am thankful for the opportunity to linger.
From the kitchen I am sipping a slightly warm cup of coffee that I wish was just a little hotter.
I am wearing my Life is Good pj’s – sunshine yellow and orange with little flip flops all over them. They make me happy ☺.
I am creating this post.
I am going to work on my upcoming day retreat called “Return Home to Yourself”.
I am reading “The Bean Trees” by Barbara Kingsolver
I am hoping my summer cold only lasted one day (yesterday.)
I am hearing a gentle fan, distant traffic noises and my own silence.
Around the house all is quiet.
One of my favorite things is having a new day spread before me with open possibilities.
A few plans for the rest of the week: writing, reading, resting, gardening and getting my hair done. Whoopee. Also wondering if I will summon the courage to go to a community drum circle this week?!??!?
My picture thought is called "a crate of possibilities". Taken in Maine, 7/09
What possibilities fill your crate this simple day?
Reader Comments (11)
Sounds like a perfectly delicious day to me.
I LOVED that you changed should to could.
I opened the photo and touched all the boxes, pulled on the ropes - you have a hidden Zen streak as a photographer, I love it.
wow, you have crates of possibilities here...
marisa--welcome to 'diamonds'. thanks for stopping by and i hope you'll come (& comment) again!
tess--yep, me too!!
kigen--lovely!! i shared your comment with my resident photographer after he mentioned the photo.
his first response is usually, "where'd you take that?" he despairs a little to think he might have missed a little treasure like this :-)
kel--i do indeed and am happy to share!!
Thanks for sharing. Men are so competitive. But I have to admit I now have a desire to go down to the fish market and start photographing all those boxes. Stinky though. ((-:
You sound so peaceful and contented! I love the photograph and the thought of a crate load of possibilites.
I feel your contendedness seeping my way! Thanks for sharing.
I like this post, reminds me of some of my own thoughts. definitely could for should...and I love the feeling of early morning, with the thought of the new day and open possibilities. :)
(like the pic)
The rhythm of your days/week sound familiar to me and that is a relief, a good thing. Aside from a purchase of kitty litter at Costco, I am meeting a former student for coffee and a chat, maybe go to the gym, and I will wonder if Bogart, my kitteh, will figure out string theory. I put a stiff yellow cord that I had used to tie up my artwork around his neck because he was playing with it. It is still there. heh
kigen--i hope you'll share some of your stinky fish crates :-)
kate--so glad to seep a little contentedness your way! btw--if you read "stoic chick"...i was called uptight and unapproachable just moments after i wrote this post...funny, but i was still feeling pretty content until the attack came.
hgf--early morning is definitely a gift to me each day (especially when i remember it :-)
barbara--smiling at the "familiarity"...that and bogart and string theory :-)