My nephew got married, first of his generation. I saw a possum (only my second live possum ever). I saw a shooting star (not my first but the first in a long long time). I tried a papaya, goat cheese and portabello mushroom. not bad but not going to go on my favorites list.

And the weekend is only half over…

What a beautiful spring day!  I sat out on the balcony with the boys after work. I was beat. Mondays are always exhausting. Plus, my coworker called in sick.

But sitting in my Adirondack chair, with Charlie on the pillow beside me and Simon climbing all over me, I felt great. I alternately read  my mystery and stared at the sky. It was just so blue. The birds were chirping in the oak tree. A light breeze made the chimes sound. The temperature was spot on and the clouds were perfect. They were absolutely perfect.

I don’t know what kind of clouds they were. I don’t need to know. I tried to read up on clouds a couple of times but it just didn’t interest me.  I now know how my mother feels about birds. She told me a long time ago that she loved watching them but didn’t need to know what they were called. I thought that was nutz. I want to know what every bird is and I want to see every single kind. But clouds, they are beautiful whether they are high up or down low. There’s the wispy cotton candy variety that covers the sky and the kind that look like balls of cotton. I love to watch dark massive clouds produce lightning. I have sat out on the balcony through many a storm. I love watching different layers of clouds moving at different speeds. I find peace in watching clouds.

Today the scene from my balcony is perfect. Vultures soaring. A crow being mobbed. House sparrows flitting about. Neighbors driving home. Children laughing and yelling in the playground. The sound of the tennis balls being pounded back and forth.

So I read some more and and watched the clouds some more. I realized that I had never played that game – what do you see in the clouds. I looked and in an instant saw something. Great Britain! Great Britain in my clouds. There was Cornwall, Devon, and over there is Norfolk and Essex, up though York and into Scotland. Up there were the Orkneys, Hebrides and the Isle of Skye! I love that part of the world.

I love geography and birds and other stuff. I am always trying to increase my knowledge on these subjects. But I’ve learned that there are other subjects I can enjoy without explanation, labels and a guide book.