RTBTCKI (The Shhhh the House is sleeping edition)
Posted By Kathleen David on June 5, 2011
Right now I am the only one awake as Casa David. I can see the four cats stretched out either in sunbeams or on soft cushion. Peter’s fever finally broke and he is upstairs sound asleep after a rather miserable night of it. Ariel came home from Relay for Life and is asleep in her bed. Caroline is sleeping in this morning just a bit.
It is early enough that we don’t have lawn mowers going. Traffic is light which will change later today when everyone starts going home from Fire Island. I can hear birds and the occasional bark of a dog or a squirrel. Not quite a pause but a bit of a respite from the busy day to come. A bit of peace in a very noisy world. So I am sitting back and enjoying it while I can.
And my mind is a bit all over the place right now. External peace yes, inner peace not so much. In Kung Fu Panda 2, Po is instructed by Shifu that he needs to find inner peace for the task to come. There is a visual in the film that is Po trying to find inner peace and he ends up beating his head against a mast instead because he can’t find it. I can relate to that a little more than is probably good for me. I can find the occasional stillness within usually when I am working on a project. I won’t really notice it until it is gone. I have found this especially when I am sculpting but it happens when I am sewing too. It all seems to fit together and flow.
I do have Doctor Who but haven’t watched it. I figure a New Who Review will appear tomorrow with both of the last two episodes and a wrap-up of a first half of the season. No spoilers today please since I am not caught up. A friend gets me the confidentials and other stuff later. I have gotten caught up on Hawaii 5-0, Game of Thrones, Nikita, and a few other series that have had series enders. So far I think Supernatural takes the cake for endings this year although Chuck had a real twist.
And Caroline is up about her usual time. She came down and the cats woke up and went over to her for their usual morning skritched. So parts of the house are waking up. Caroline picked up the book she was reading and settled in to finish it. She is working her way through her Big Book of Seuss. She is currently reading the Lorax. After that, she has informed me, she is going to finish up A Light in the Attic by Shel Silvestein.
Yesterday we watched the Cats 101 marathon on Animal Planet. It was very interesting and we learned a lot about breeds of cats along with information that is very useful to know if you are a cat owner. We have a couple of polydactyl cats in the group. We have to be careful of the claws in the extra toes they have. Our cats are foundlings so they are classified as American domestic shorthairs and we leave it at that. They might have some strains of other breeds but they are basically the cat equivalent of mutts. They are indoor cats with the oldest being 15 and the youngest less than a year old.
I need to go through my supplies and sort out what I am going to use for the next batch of dolls and puppets. I have been avoiding doing this but I think it is time to do so. That is going to take most of the day but I can’t start until Peter gets up because I want to give his body lots of time to heal from the fever. I am hoping I can find my box of doll wigs to make my life easier among other things like armature wire and clay. I’d like to get a body or two done today.
I am grateful for this morning giving me a little peace and calm before the day really starts.
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