Hello Everyone,
From my front window the view of beautiful Cherry Blossoms in full splendour is absolutely breathtaking and makes me appreciate the wonder and the power of Nature in our lives.
A full-grown rabbit came to the back garden each day for two weeks to visit us and when s/he stopped being seen, I became worried about her/his whereabouts – until the reappearance yesterday and today.
On my morning walk, I always meet lots of ducks among other animals, and in Birthing Season, ducklings, goslings, bunnies. and baby raccoons. Maybe those two coyotes which I met will even have got together.
When I heard on the radio that the price of gas had driven down the amount of time spent on driving, my first thought was to see a positive aspect for Nature and hanker back to the time when fewer gas emissions equalled more birds and flowers.
Back to “normal”? A new “normal” maybe, since the old one wasn’t so great.
“Hankering back” also led me to think of my Mum and her superstitions. I still have never set a box of new shoes on a table nor let knives be crossed over each other. When I recently caught a case of Covid (like a cold thanks to triple vaccination) I thought of her saying, “Things have to get worse before they can get better.”
Her sayings were metaphorical, but she had a habit of only repeating them when the actual situation was taking place. “A watched kettle never boils” was usually used in response to our wanting a cup of tea in a hurry.
Do you find yourself repeating some of your parents’ sayings? Which are your favourites?
Cheers,
Christine (Johnson), President
