Lazy Summer Days!

As I bring myself up from the couch to get a glass of water, I notice the sun light falling through the window. As I sip water from the tap, I hear crickets…..mid morning reminding me of the long lazy summer days, bringing a smile to my face. Oh how I love lazing around. Just sitting around here and there – the hammock, the swing, on the grass!

As I look around the house, I see things that I need to put away and clear up. But I know all of that will take less than an hour. For now, I am content basking in the glory of the day. I push away from my mind the somewhat messy look of the kitchen just like I had pushed away the thought of impending fall and winter listening to those crickets. When I think of fall, all that flashes in front of my eyes are the beautiful trees in their vibrant colors, the snowy back yard and the warm breaths of people in hats jackets with a warm mug of coffee – the crickets want me to hear them now instead of longing for those sounds in winter as I stare out the window then wondering about the summer that will come eventually!

I am angry, I don’t know about what or why. I go in to the yard and pull the weeds out with vigour. DH watches from inside. He knows I am working out something. He waits patiently and after a couple of hours I walk in like nothing has happened and all is well. I look at around the yard later in the evening at the piles of pulled weeds and smile picking them all up into a bag to be disposed off. I am reminded of a quote by a friend’s friend on where else, facebook – “At some point you have to stop believing everything you think...sit with that for a second…..”. The piles of weeds remind me the same!

It is late in the night, the guests have finally left. Doggy has been cooped up upstairs. I decide to take him for a walk. The best act for the entire day I feel. No not the cooking, not the entertaining, not the wonderful talk about everything on earth but walking with my dog was the best thing I did for the day. The half-moon, the croaking frogs, the gentle breeze, the twinkling stars; why do they all make me this alive? Eyes go heavenwards wanting to see a shooting star, knowing well there may not be one yet thinking of “Give it a try” whispered the heart!

I wake up to a beautiful morning, summer mornings are just those – beautiful and pleasant. I step onto the grass turn on the hose, drag it to the vegetable patch and water, watching the water dancing in the morning sunlight, filling the bird bath, looking skywards again, seeing the feather shaped clouds wondering as to why they appear so often. As I finish watering, I look up again and see that the clouds have disintegrated reminding me of “Illusions”.

The patio door is open, the doggy is laying down right by the door on a little blanket that DD lays out for him, DS wants to know as to why he likes to lay just by the door while DD wants to know what bird is that that is tweeting. We are getting better at identifying them, thanks to the little pond with ever flowing water, we almost now can predict the time at which each bird comes for a drink and a bath. Toby is watching the birds with disinterest; I tell DS that it is his nature; he assumes he is guarding; I tell DD to walk quietly to see the blue jay that has landed, she steps with a thud on to the patio and the bird flies away! But we know, there will be blue jays and cardinals and robins – only as long as we want to see them!

 

Anisu,

Thank you for your feedback. It's been ages since I have thought of cricket, forget galli cricket. Growing up mostly it was lagori for me.

Thank you for your words.

 

@Gauri03

Gauri,

What a pleasant surprise to hear from you! You are so enjoying your summer with your little one, I can tell. So happy for you. Tell me when there is so much wonder around, who needs phonetic learning? So it is C...A...T -- "Pete!!" for now!! How very cute that is. Oh I miss those days. Let me hasten to add, continue what you are doing and soon your little one will be on that very tree where you are laying under in your hammock, climbing it up with a book and it will take you awhile to bring her down!

These memories Gauri makes it all worthwhile. Enjoy the birds, birdbaths and the wind chimes. Thank you for your feedback.