Do you make new years resolutions? Only, to keep them for a few days, a week or maybe a month or two? What is wrong with resolutions? Do resolutions frighten us as it is a commitment to change? Why do we ask for change but yet, do we really want change or does it just sound like a good idea at the time? Do we follow through on our resolutions better if they are our idea and not someone else’s idea? How many times have you heard people bragging that they actually completed their new year’s resolution?
Happy New Year! Here’s to hoping that we can create our own personal resolutions that we can report back on Dec 31, 2011 stating that we completed our resolution!
I guess that I was just not ready for the S word. But, It happened anyway. Yes, the writing was on the wall, but I chose to ignore it. The calendar had been flipped over to October, so yes…it was coming. But why was I so surprised and so not ready for it? Maybe it is because I love fall so much.
Maybe it is because it starts in October and has known to continue on into April. Okay, that’s why, it’s a generous 6 months of s____. Yes, I do learn to enjoy it, but yes, it takes me awhile to appreciate the beauty of it.
Have you ever wandered out in the dark without a flashlight in the rain? I was thinking, the barn is not that far away, and beside me is my ferocious rat terrier who will alert me if she notices the slightest movement. I tromp through the rain, almost reaching the barn, when the motion detecting lights suddenly flash on and i see something spotted move to my right near the ground. I hurry in the barn turn on the light and walk back outside to see if I dreamed of spots moving. Knowing that I only had one cup of coffee, this was a possibility.
There it was, a black salamander with yellow spots. He was maybe 8 inches long and just stayed very still in the grass. I was thinking that he thought I didn’t see him move. He stayed still enough for me to grab the dog and take a few pics of him.
It totally amazes me about the creatures that stir in the night.
Pre-dawn creeper
Even in grade school, I remember being whispered to…psssst Do you want to know my secret?….blah, blah… Don’t tell anyone? It’s just between you and me.
Do you remember the power that was felt at that instant? Oooh you knew something only one other person knew. Ooooh, la la. What a feeling…I know, no one else knows…lalalala. Oh, but this new is so good and powerful, I just want to share it. Wait, but if I share it, the power is gone. But wait, if I share the secret it will give someone else the power I feel and sharing is good right?
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5 whitetail does and 2 bucks munching in the field.
No coyotes can be seen, but I am sure we will hear them in just a few hours.
Wild turkey’s 5, were counted.
Gotta love, life in the country.
