Awakening to a sun drenched room on a summer morning is a much different experience than doing so with the early morning blare of an alarm clock.
It reminds me of summer vacation when I was a kid. Sugary cereal, Barbies and She-Ra action figures were the most important things on my to-do list.
We had a library-by-mail service back then and I relished those deliveries in the brown paper envelopes stuffed so full of books they hardly fit in the mailbox. This was my very favorite treat back then and it was completely free.
What a gift to a country kid who loved to read.
Maybe that’s why I still get such a kick out of my Book of the Month Club deliveries and the other book mail I buy.
I was off yesterday and got to wake up with the sun. I don’t eat cereal anymore and there were no Barbies involved but it was a good one anyway. I played some LPs on the record player while making breakfast and doing some chores. After a hot shower, I settled in with a good book and nothing else to do till bedtime.
I went to bed early with a clean kitchen, a happily snoring cat who hogged the bed, and a clear conscience because my to-do list was done and I had fun too.
That’s not so bad for a grown up summer day!
Happiness is a sunny windowsill on a cold day. It’s even happier when your human mama doesn’t insist on taking your picture while you’re relaxing but even that can’t ruin a good sunshiney spot!
There is something good or interesting or beautiful to see everywhere you go. You just have to look.
It’s not a black and white photo. This is just the color of the sky here in southern Ohio yesterday morning. It was gray and dreary. The sun didn’t show its pretty face all day long and I missed it.