There is currently a 3-hour alert for a severe thunderstorm in the area. I really enjoy thunder and
lightening storms. It is currently raining and just made a cup of tea to sit down to type as my cat is on the table beside me half asleep flicking his tail contentedly. I am feeling very much like a thunderstorm is brewing within me and I need to have a good cry. My heart has been heavy for some time now not wanting to continue giving the benefit of the doubt to people who continue to unknowingly hurt me. I need to make some more changes in my life. Change is hard. Change upsets the flow of things. Change is the only constant there is in life. I hear the rumblings of thunder in the distant. I take a sip of tea and close my eyes as the rain gets louder and the thunder gets closer. I peek with one eye on my cat to see what he is doing. He is sleeping and seems calm knowing he is safe with me close by. But then, I spoke too soon. I hear a child scream out at a great clap of thunder. My cat also decides to express his dissatisfaction and makes for the bedroom closet. I cannot help but laugh out loud. My grandma would tell me it was the angels in Heaven bowling. I suppose that wouldn't work for him, nor that poor child caught of guard. It did for both of my children who would watch the light show and listen to the thunder with me when we lived out West. The storms here compared to back then are nothing in comparison, but I will take a thunder storm whenever they happen to arrive. It was a short storm, but I am rather satisfied.
I would have been content to have had just the storm today, but this little grey squirrel climbed down the tree in the backyard while I was still sitting at the kitchen window and began rooting amongst the grass and clover. I must have taken more than a dozen pictures and this was the only one where he stopped eating long enough to pay me any mind.
Not even an hour later, a red squirrel came to do the same thing. Then it climbed atop the post to give itself a little bath from the the recent rain that had fallen. Thankful for all the
clover in the yard drawing them here and thankful for God creating such a beautiful moment for me to witness His creation. Unfortunately, I need to check for a
nest because while they are precious to watch and enjoy, sadly, they are
destructive critters. Destructive or not, today they reminded me that it only takes a small thing to make my heart big with gratitude when I am feeling down about my life. Maybe I should follow their cue. Have something to eat and then soak in a bath. Probably sleep better too. Wouldn't you agree?
Terrific last day of
June 2022
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