The things I hear

I know, I know, two blog posts in one week...I can see the shock on your faces. But let's be honest, it's January and there's just not a whole lot going on.

Even though it's January and I fully expected to be spending most of it stuck indoors or bundled to the point that I look twice my size outdoors due to cold, I find myself sitting outside on my patio on a Saturday morning listening. It is cloudy but not so much that I can't still see the blue in the sky and the sun is trying it's best to poke through and take us even higher than the 57* we are at now. For those of you that are aware of my feelings for mornings, understand that this is how I love morning. To be able to wake up after daylight and take time to sit and hear everything as it wakes up and I along with it. It is rejuvenating and exhilarating in ways I can't put into words.

As the suns rays rise and fall across my face I am enjoying the symphony of birds that spend their winter's here. Some are less melodic than others and there's one that sounds a bit like a small child squealing in a high pitched, didn't get their way kind of squeal. A couple of woodpeckers are trading their tunes back and forth. Then there's the squirrels. Wow are they playful this morning! Chattering, and running around. There are a few of them that are playing a game of chase, or maybe it's more of a game of I stole your acorn, bet ya can't catch me. Either way, they are running up and down the trees and it's fun to watch and hear.

Because it's Saturday the traffic on the highway close by is much less, and much quieter. It allows me to be able to hear the train whistle when it's still nearly downtown, and even a tug boat on the river. I miss the sound of boats in the morning. And without fail every few minutes I can hear a plane fly overhead.

The neighbor's dog walked over for breakfast at another neighbor's house and was greeted by the resident Labrador before deciding to skip the meal for now in place of sunning in the middle of the street. She sighs as another dog barks at something they heard.

Even now there is a dove sitting on a wire watching me and the crow across the yard. It hasn't moved in nearly five minutes.

Ah, the neighbor comes to feed the sunning dog and they have a conversation of stretches and scratches before the neighbor goes back in. Dog on the other hand, stares at the food, knows it won't go anywhere and proceeds to go back to sunning. Priorities to a dog. *smile*

I wish today my priorities including just sitting here listening to the world around me, but there are chores to be done and errands to be run. Take some time for yourselves though and enjoy simply listening to the world around you, especially in the mornings when it's just coming to life.