Roz Land

Well, blame it on the altitude or SOMETHING, but I woke up this morning at 5:30 a.m. wide awake and ready to go!  I opened the blinds and was amazed that the sun was already pretty much up, and all the little forest creatures were running around.  Can't remember last time I was up that early for NO REASON.  So, while Henry continued to snore, I made a pot of coffee, pulled my wool socks on (after noticing it was 57 degrees IN the motorhome, and 36 outside), a denim shirt over my T-shirt and fuzzy pj pants, and a coat --- took my mug, camera and book up to the deck of the house and sat there in total silence for a bit. 

It was simply amazing... At FIRST I thought there was dead silence and calm, but the more I listened and the more I looked, it changed.  A slight breeze was rustling through the new aspen leaves, and almost sounded like running water.  Birds and chipmunks were darting here and there and making their little cheaping noises... Two little hummingbirds were zinging around and almost joined me on the deck until I moved and scared them off.  I realized that in what I THOUGHT was silence, there is a world of sounds and movements.  I watched chipmunks and squirrels run from here to there as fast as they could...all the while watching for whatever it is they watch for.  Two were playing King of the Hill on a big mound of rock just below the deck---and of course, the bigger one won the competition. 

I got the first 3 chapters of a new book I just started by Barbara Kingsolver called "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle", which by the way, has started out GREAT!  Love it so far!  It's about how the world has become so dependent on processed foods and massive farms feeding us stuff that we can't even pronounce, and how that's happened.  She, with her 2 daughters and husband, moved from Tucson to a farm in southern Appalachia to live off the land and grow everything they eat.  This intrigues me, because I love to garden and grow veggies, etc., and I agree with her in that kids need to know that food comes from THE GROUND, and not the grocery store shelf.  That's one thing I hope to share with Kate --- how to grow things yourself, and enjoy doing it! 

Anyway--- I sat for a while and just enjoyed God's artistic handiwork around me, talked to Him for a while, and communed with nature!

Try it some time---- it is refreshing and renewing and just makes you feel good about your day!

And now---- MORE COFFEE!!!!