A friendly reminder!

Our house is not only a comfortable and cozy place for hubby and me, but for a few other members too! Just before the dawn breaks we normally tend to hear lots of birds chirping, a few cars driving past etc etc. For us especially, the wake up call is in the form of a thud, on our roof top and then you hear several running steps on the roof. I wonder what they are. Three cats and several tiny sparrow like looking birds - these are our daily visitors. They make such a racket on the roof top that it makes us wonder what they are actually doing up there.

The sparrows – A cluster of them visit our backyard every morning. They are found always pecking on some grains or dirt from the lawn that looks like a bald man’s head. Honestly that is how it looks at the moment. Nothing in the middle but green grass all around the bald patch! These sparrows have an everyday routine, which is very strange. The back of our house has a glass sliding door that is tinted. I suppose these birds see their own reflection on it and wonder some other bird is there and is trying to play with it. There is always a fight initially as to who gets to go first. They fly straight into the glass pane, hit the glass door BANG! And then they flutter the wings and climb up the glass door. This is the routine and every time they try to better the height they climbed previously. In the process their beak is constantly hitting on the glass. So far, no chipping on the glass have been noticed and possibly the exercise does not hurt them either. I don’t know if this is some kinda learning experience for them, but it is fun to watch them. About half an hour of entertainment and then they are off.

Next is the turn of the cats - a white, black and a brown cat. They stroll around the house and backyard as though they own the place. The brown belongs to the neighbour but he is half the time in our backyard. The other two are very mean looking and am not sure whom they belong to. I don’t see any tags around their necks either. The white and black cats guard the house most of the time. They are pretty huge and sit right in front of the entrance to the house and give you a glare all the time. Nothing scares them. When we drive into our garage, earlier they used to run away, but now they don’t. They have learnt to identify our car and us. We don’t feed them but they both still prefer being at our place. Some mystical relation from previous birth maybe!

This morning, as I was sitting with my hot cup of chukku kaapi, I saw this white cat walking into the back yard. He was strolling araam se and bathing in the morning sun. Possibly just woke up from its sleep I think. He sits near a plant for a bit, looks around, looks at the sun, again looks around in all directions and then gives this absolutely lovely stretch. It felt soooo good and tempting. I nearly attempted to do so myself sitting on the sofa. I was so jealous at that point for not being able to stretch like the cat. I walked into the backyard with my cuppa and he glared at me.

He said, “What are you looking at now? Did you see me stretch? I know you liked it. This is called Suryanamaskar!, a yoga posture. I have been learning yoga for a while now and that is why I have been so fit. What happened to you? I don’t see you practicing much these days. What a waste of money eh? You are either drinking chukku kaapi :coffee or Computer Typing through out the day and nothing else. It ain't gonna benefit you by sitting and doing nothing. Stop staring at me and get back into your routine. Right now! “

I said, “But I have not been well you know.”

“Oh stop it and don’t be a baby. Just get out there and do some work out. It will make you feel fresh and energetic. Your illness will vanish in no time. I don’t want to be seeing you sitting with a cup of chukku kaapi again tomorrow morning. You get that?”

That was a pretty strong message I got from the cat. It is time for me to get back, I said to myself.

 

Dear AMIHERE, PSD, MEENU, RAECHEL, BINDHU, MANCHITRA and SHEEBA-------------- Firstly thank you so much for stopping by. Observing things around you in the morning is really a wonderful experience. It is like a meditation of a kind. I have no choice but to get back into my routine slowly. Firstly since you all have started asking me indirectly if I took notice of the message or not. Secondly, I don't want to face the cat again, only to glare at me and my cuppa and get burnt into bhasm for ignoring his advice !! :hide: