Sunspill

Image by ecstaticist via Flickr

I was badly in need of inspiration when I started this post and decided to check out some images from Zemanta. I found this one, which I think is beautiful and illustrates so well what we all wish that summer could be.

Mouse Rescue

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Yesterday evening the cat brought a mouse into the house. I love cats but this is an aspect of their behaviour I find difficult to deal with, even while being aware that it is part of their nature. Quckly, once the cat had put the mouse down, I grabbed it with my hands and put it outside of the opposite door from which the cat had brought it in. It was such a sweet little animal and I was probably in time to save its life as it looked uninjured in any way. How the mouse would interpret the occasion I can't imagine. Probably a couple of large yellow hands (I was wearing my household gloves) are something outside its range of experience and then finding itself free must have been quite a strange event. I wish it well.

Yoga - Kitty-style

I do yoga every morning and recently my cat has joined in. He will sit on the mat and then lie and roll around, purring frantically. He then affectionately headbutts me. He's so sweet and his behaviour always makes me laugh even if the yoga does take longer. It's definitely worth it.

Encounter with a Dragonfly

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Yesterday, when I was gardening a dragonfly flew into the house and was struggling to get out again. It was a beautiful sight and if I hadn't been so concerned about its welfare as it beat its head against the windows in its effort to escape I would have tried to photograph the dragonfly. Finally I managed to rescue it with the help of an old sauce pot and a fish slice and return it to the garden. I looked it up in one of my reference book and found out that it was a Golden Ringed Dragonfly. It was certainly very beautiful and surprisingly large. Later I looked up 'dragonfly' in the Medicine Cards and found that it referred to the need to see beyond the illusion and making changes, both of which seem very relevant to me in my life right now.

Floral Inspiration

I couldn't think of what to write today so I looked at my digital photographs to come up with some ideas. I found this little flower which I think is so simple and beautiful that it is inspiration all by itself. There is so much unacknowledged beauty in nature that sometimes we really have to look.

Fog

Grey and moist
Shrouding everything
No July sun today
The fog descends

Lafrowda Day 2010

Yesterday was Lafrowda Day in St Just and we were lucky with the weather after quite heavy showers in the morning. There was sun, music and processions throughout the day as well as stalls and entertainment. It was a very enlivening experience with a chance to meet many friends again and to chat.