Sundays gratitude
here in NSW ~ Sunday is a watering day. So early this morning, I made myself a cup of tea and headed of to water my garden. We must use a hand held hose or watering can. No sprinklers or fixed hoses. Here I was, watering - muttering to myself about global warming, hating that I live in a day and age that the world is going crazier by the minute and feeling sorry for myself as my glands are still swollen (I am such a sorry sack, sometimes) - when I noticed that there was a light drizzle of rain. I looked out at the valleys across from my home and they were covered in mist. A magpie warbled just at that very minute and I realized just how blessed I am. truly blessed. I felt my soul tingle when that magpie warbled and felt gratitude ~ that I could hear the song, that I could see the mist across the valley, that my chickens were scratching and clucking ready to lay their eggs. That I could smell the dampness of my lucerne mulch, that my english lavender has flower spikes forming, just in time for Christmas. And I was grateful that I could snap myself out of my poor me moment and realize just how lucky I am. Gratitude is good for the soul.
Labels: gratitude on Sunday
posted by Miss Robyn | 9:41 pm
9 Comments:
mmmm I almost feel that I was in your garden this morning. I can smell that yummy mulch. Thank you for this reminder;an especially lovely one.
There is nothing like the beauty of our local scenery to make us feel gratitude, I know those moments myself.
A lovely reminder of how blessed we are. Thank you!
I loved your post today Robyn. It made me feel good! :) Thanx.
Angels, faeries, magpies...beings with wings! sent to help us enjoy what should be obvious sometimes.
I felt I was in the garden with you, and could see, smell and hear all you were describing. I wish I could send your poor parched earth some water, here I am surrounded by lakes, and so often I take that for GRANTED.I hope the rain you felt did some good, even if only a little? To answer the comment you left on my post, No :-(
I didn't recieve your pkg yet, but I'm sure I will, mail has been very very slow here recently. I will let you know the moment it arrives..xo
It is raining where I am...I can smell grass....Your post made me notice the scent of grass...
How beautiful. Lavender at Christmas, I can hardly imagine. Even here in the gardening capital of Canada we don't have that happen. I love sensing rain coming and when it's an unexpected surprise, even better.
I'm sorry you're fighting off a cold right now! I hope you feel better soon.
I could almost hear the magpie!
I'm glad you got a bit of much-needed misty rain at last, Robyn. It rained here last night and may again tonight. If it does, I'll tell it to go visit your part of the world where it's more needed!
xo
(Hope I'm not doubleposting,Blogger said my request couldn't be processed the first time...)
I wish with all my heart I could smell the dampness of your luserne mulch, to stand and water would be very good for me right now. my roses are dying my vegetable garden stands bare. and my huge oak and elm trees struggle to keep going. we are no longer aloud to water anything outside and are infact on stage 5 water restrictions which is nothing!! will live for every long here. our water in this area will run out they say by late January and I feel like I live in a climate change like we have never seen before.
as the garden goes my gratitudes are small sadly. Lee-ann
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