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Starting off calm

I am starting this week with a feeling of calm.

I have made some lists, I have clarified my tasks, I have included rest and relaxation.

I am hoping that this conscious preparation can really help.

A photo of tiny, purple, daisy-like flowers among some grass
Image description: a photo of clusters of tiny, purple, daisy-like flowers amongst some grass. I took this photo on my walk yesterday.

Refreshing

It’s unseasonably warm today and, so far, I’m not really doing the work I had planned to do.

Instead, I’m resting and refreshing.

As in quenching a thirst.

As in reloading a screen so it can reset.

As in a new perspective making you feel better.

A tall glass of a cold beverage sits on the corner of a patio table.
My drink is also refreshing but in a more literal way. Image description: This tall glass is filled with water and ice cubes and a splash of cranberry-cherry juice. It’s sitting on a red table and the railing of my patio is in the background. The glass has condensation on the outside.

September Saturday List

Here are a few things I noticed this September Saturday

1) the afternoon light in the backyard has changed and it has a Fall ‘feel’ to it now.

2) the purple fireweed along the road where Khalee and I walk isn’t as prominent but there seems to be a lot of goldenrod right now.

3) 7pm has a much more evening-like feel than it did in August.

4) I am really drawn towards writing fiction at the moment, I can feel a story at the edges of my brain but it’s not ready to be written yet.

5) Cooking feels far more interesting now that the temperature has dropped a little.

Fluffy caterpillar

A caterpillar on green grass
Image description: A fat, kind of fluffy caterpillar with a black body with light yellow markings and tufts of white hair is slightly curled on some green grass.

We used to keep these in jars as “pets” when I was young.

I feel like we saw more of them then but perhaps I just spent more time crawling around in the grass where I’d have a better chance of seeing them.

This one was on my swing yesterday and I got him to climb on a stick so I could return him to the grass.

I didn’t name him nor did ai put him in a jar.

Smirking

I almost always smirk in pictures.

My dear friend Krista is picking up the habit.

Here we are at our friend’s ‘Roaring 20s’ themed wedding.

A selfie style photo of two women in flapper hairbands.
Image description: a ‘selfie’ of me and Krista in flapper hairbands. We’re both smirking.