Thanksgiving

It is Thanksgiving today. It is a heart-stoppingly gorgeous day here and I have spent the morning slaving in the garden and getting happily muddy. Pudgy squirrels are chasing each other around on the fence and the dog next door is going crazy from my whistling :)

Plucking out weeds makes me curiously introspective. Weeding was just incidental. I spent the morning in prayer..thankful for all that is good in my life..a beautiful family, friends who are family, beauty, art and love. For food on the table and water from the tap whenever I want it. For a kind and loving husband and a sweet child. And I remembered a hymn we were taught in school in 4th grade:

"...Oh yes we thank Thee Lord for every flower that blooms
Birds that sing, fish that swim and the light of the moon
Thank Thee everyday as we kneel and pray
That we were born with eyes to see these things.."

It is great to be alive! Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

Suspended in time

This morning when we set off for Minnie's bus stop (6 miles from home) the night clouds were fraying at the edges and mist was rising from the depths of the bayou that runs in front of our house. And in that mist were standing deer. Very quiet, motionless. I stopped the car and we sat still for a short while breathing in the incredible beauty of the moment.