It is the dark time of the year. The clocks have rolled back, it's dusk at 4 o'clock and pitch black at 5 pm. The rain, and even the hail, pounds all day long. And the cats are sleeping more. Smart right? I mean, when there are so few usable hours (outdoors anyway) it makes sense to conserve your energy. Cats have definitely got this one right. I for one, welcome the dark time of the year. While it means fewer daylight hours ... there is a certain relief when the sky starts to darken at 4 pm. You can be "in for the evening" so much earlier than in the summer ... and really focus on indoor projects. And if you don't feel like working on a project? You have only to take a page out of your cat's book and curl up with that soft, furry, purry body on the sofa and enjoy a cat nap. Or drink in the blissful content on the face of another snoozing feline, smartly claiming an entire chair by the window. See and hear the rain splattering on that window pane and realize that it is okay to begin the annual winter hibernation. Rest and rejuvenation awaits! Meadow Sweet Grove © V. Buchanan 2017
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That's kind of sad isn't it? I mean what happens to all those dolls who didn't make it? The dolls who are broken, forgotten and thrown away? Made in the image of mankind, an emulation really ... made to entertain ... made to be loved ... and love? And now lost. Let's remember on All Souls Day, those lovely dolls - when such care was invested in their creation. Before all items were replaceable and disposable. Their hair, erroneously cut by a younger sibling, could be re-rooted! Much-loved and worn bodies could be re-stuffed and stitched. A faded face repainted. Broken ceramic head? No problem - you could order a replacement from the catalogue! No need to throw dolly away. When the clothes wore out from the many ons and offs; new ones would be lovingly stitched by Mama. So, on All Souls Day, let's think of all the dollies who didn't make it ... and restore the ones that linger in attics, basements, storage lockers and thrift stores - waiting to be loved again! Meadow Sweet Grove © V. Buchanan 2017 |
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