sunday is a quiet day here at sparrow cottage

thunder road.......

thunder is rolling in, the wind has kicked up .....leaves are flying, dancing, flailing........on their way to earth.  hello to you this sunday.

it's quiet for the most part unless you are baby mia.  she is busily practicing for American Ninja Cat Warrior.  she leapt from the edge of the side of the bed to the window will.......about three feet, grabbed the window sill, slipped......attempted to save herself by grasping the blinds.....slipped, fell to the carpet, did some kind of kitty warrior yelp and ran far far away. 

i can see three pieces of candy at my feet.....you'd think i'd get a clue and move the candy dish.......but she has so much fun playing with the candy hockey pucks......she's brought life and joy here and we don't want to squash it at all.  she leaves a trail throughout the house daily........busy little mia loves it here.

but poor rio, he cares for her, he grooms her, schools her......but he doesn't want her near his person. the me of it all......he doesn't want to share me when he is already next to me.  he still hisses........the bad thing is that when she ignores him, goes ahead and jumps up to join is with us......Rio digs in those back claws, into the top of my thigh and vaults off of me.  it hurts and i'm not happy about this.......how can i get through to rio?  will it settle down eventually? 

the last couple of nights he has slept on the floor a few feet from the bed......mia isn't on the bed.  not sure if he's guarding me, avoiding her.......mad at the whole situation, in a general stew about the changes at sparrow cottage.  what do you think is going on?

so bruce came today to finish mowing, he got here pretty late even for bruce, it was 7:30.  no way he could finish it all in the dark.  he lost some people near and dear to his family, to him lately.  one a young girl of 17 who was murdered by her boyfriend in a jealous rage.  bruce wanted to tell me about it, but i didn't want him to.  i didn't say that.......but oh dear.......it had to be a very difficult time at the funeral yesterday for everyone.  and her poor family.........

the first raindrops hit....they are quickly escalating into a rainstorm..   let it out mother earth, sometimes we all need to feel you weep......that we're not the only ones who need to go through the realm of a cathartic state.

it sounds so good to me......as though company has come to call.  i welcome the rain, i get so few visitors that i am happy for the rain.  it looks so good against the backdrop of the freshly mowed lawn.........

i am comforted by the water from the sky......for just a moment this morning i had a thought about death.  in it's truest form it is the cessation of life.......but in another way it can also be a cessation of inclusion by society.  when my life is slow and quiet sometimes i go gloomy for a minute or two.  i don't want to live sad, so i try to keep away from those thoughts.......but it seems to me that i am usually the one who reaches out to the 3D people in my little 3D life in Auburn.

pity is unbecoming......i have friends on tv.  they talk, make me laugh.  what else do i need????  the ran drops are dancing ......doing high kicks on the mosaic outdoor table.  they splash and frolic......life is artistic.  take a look, notice the details.

and just like that the rain ballroom dancing drops stop, the rain slows down and now the thunder cranks it up.........thunder is all about the base......!!!  a giant boombox assaulting us from the sky. 

sleepy now.......i made cheap kroger pizza, it was $2.79.  i cooked a pound of ground beef, put half of it on the pizza.......made the other half into sloppy joes for later.  then before i pulled the pizza out to slice i added a little more shredded cheese for the top.......it was pretty good!  and i can have sloppy joes on mini slider buns for lunch or whenever. 

i ate some fun bars last night for dessert.  then not long after my left leg/ankle swelled like crazy.  trying to remember if i ever swelled up before after eating tiny chocolate candy bars before? random and who cares except my poor leg and ankle. they care alot.....the rain has taken a break.

bruce went home to watch football.........he was really jazzed to get to watch some ball......good for him.  he doesn't take it easy enough.........today he told me that whenever i move into my future apartment, move from here he is going to hang up his lawn mowing business.  retire from that second job.  he says he's getting old and he feels the tired more deeply than he used to....

i told him he seemed really young to me and he sais it's an illusion only i can see........he declares he's getting older and wants to take the physical work of lawncare off his plate gradually, but says he can do it by seeing that the end is in sight.  it is hard work, he really has to put his back into it.......he did the regular stuff then he shaped the hedges as well.  he's a good guy!  thank you bruce!

stella comes on tuesday to clean and she said she is gonna clean the oven this time.  i got a big can of fume free easy off for her to use.......i thought i had some.......the old oven cleaning product was so old the sprayer didn't work --- the whole can looked rough......a little bit of funk and rust going on.  time to toss that bad boy out!

a box of popsicles melted sticky popsicle residue onto the interior floor of the freezer, i need to ask stella to clean it and i hate to have to ask her to clean it........this is the sort of thing my younger self would never let a cleaning sort of person see, but well, i can't get in to the position needed to remove the mess.  so i have to rely on her for this........

am i aware of how boring this journal is?  YESSSSS. talking about minutae, but this is also part of life.  the ho hum but much needed elements on those endless little to do lists of taking care of a home. 

a nap is on the way, i'd like to be in bed when it hits..........might need to upgrade it to a full on napstorm........whooo i is tired maw.  i wanna lay down on my nap rug.  so said little 5 year old ruthie in kindergarten many moons ago. 

still watching project runway shows......i like the creativity, i roll my eyes at some of the silly drama......and i miss alot cause i am always falling asleep. 

hugs to all and to all a good nap!