New Day

Good way to start a day - no rain, at least for the moment. The day should be relaxed - its Tuesday - a day for art and horses and gardens. A relaxed morning of coffee and casual clothes. I am looking forward to it, my dogs at my feet, warming my toes, gratitude in my heart for the life I have, for the love I know.

I just looked out from my studio window to see Laura, Golden Retriever at her feet, going out to feed horses in the morning mist. I realized that image goes back over 30 years. From the time she was very small she took part in the care of our horses. There were the times when the water was left on and the well went dry. There was the time Laura left her new glasses on a fence post and a curious horse knocked them off and stepped on them. A horse stepped on the leg of a duck and I set it's broken leg with popsicle sticks. Lots of good stories. I am grateful for the stories and the memories they hold.

Yesterday, when I went to visit a hospice patient, as I walked up the walkway, there were hundreds of tiny, tiny toads hopping in front of me. I had to walk so carefully to avoid stepping on them! I mean, I guess they were toads because frogs start out as pollywogs. I have to research this in one of my nature books.

For anyone who may read this, my hope for you this day is that you know the peace and contentment I feel this morning in your own heart.