Sunday, July 12, 2009

Sunday Rocks


Today I moved rocks.


Just kidding. I'll move rocks when it's cold and I need to do something to warm up. These have been here for quite a long time. Exhibit 1: the tree growing through this wall.

I hear rocks are the only reliable crop at some New England farms. Each year the earth sends up more and farmers have to pick them from the fields. Just like a real harvest.

What I really did today in honor of it being the first all-sunny weekend day this summer was:
- walk in the grass in my bare feet
- lay in the hammock and read
- look at the shapes in the clouds
- take a long nap in the hammock.

In other words - I did nothing today. I know I won't be able to sleep tonight and will be tired tomorrow, but I don't care. It appears that sunny weekend days are rare here, so I should enjoy them when they're here!

Yesterday was the warmest it's been all year on the mountain - 79 degrees.

I think looking for shapes in the clouds is a skill I lost when I grew up. I should practice this skill more often!

3 comments:

  1. What a coincidence! I just came in from a nap in the hammock. (I think it was my second time in it this summer . . . boo!) Looking for shapes in the clouds is a skill we ALL should practice more often. Here's to the lost skill of "doing nothing."

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  2. Yayy for you! Yes, we ALL need to lay and find shapes in the clouds more often!

    And, rocks are a very reliable crop here in northeastern MN, too: they come up faithfully every single spring!

    P.S. Your 'subscribe to comments' button seems to be gone. I miss it!

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  3. P.S. The 'subscribe to comments' option popped up AFTER I made my post. I'll keep my eyes open for it to appear then.

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