Simple Pleasures

It's been a while since I've posted, mostly because I have limited internet access at home right now and partly because I've been busy living life.  

And surprisingly, life has been good- even with the the obstacles that have been thrown in my way. 

So today, I'm sharing a simple pleasure: star gazing.

photo from this site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star

Yesterday I started a fire. 

It was intentional, so no worries.  

I was working on burning some brush cleared from our fence line. 

I had the wheelbarrow there using it to cart a bale of hay and move some large logs around.

Once I had the fire going hot, I opted to sit down.

The wheelbarrow looked inviting sitting there full of hay, so I laid down.

I discovered a wheelbarrow full of hay is a very comfortable place.

It gives you the perfect angle to watch the sky (and the handles make a nice foot rest).

So I laid there in my wheelbarrow, warmed by the fire and watched the stars come out.

It reminded me of all the times I had watched the stars in Deltaville with the 

Milky Way pouring across the sky.

photo from http://science.howstuffworks.com/star.htm

Always quiet except for the usual calming night noises:

Katydids, sailboat rigging pinging in the breeze, boat ropes creaking.

 

The next meteor shower (The Lyrids on April 21st) you'll find me in my wheelbarrow.

Simple Pleasures

My local radio station discusses people's simple pleasures every Thursday morning, so I'm stealing the idea.  It's part of my "come on get happy" campaign to battle the winter blahs and the blahs in general. 

So, for my simple pleasure today, I'm going to pick going for walks in Deltaville (since this is a Deltaville blog I'll keep with the theme).

Sometimes things can be a little boring in Deltaville.  You've gone on the pier so many times, slept in the hammock so many times, and watched the Shrek movie until your eyes bleed (the joy of 3 year olds and their movie fixations).  So that's when you go for a walk "around the point". 

The Point is simply the road that circles around the end of the pennisula where our community is located.  I imagine the name refers more to the fact that it is the tip/point of the pennisula, otherwise I guess we would have called it the loop.

When I was younger, the road was not all gravel.  Back in the day we had an orangey sand and some spots with oyster shells.  I used make sand castles in the road near our house.  Walking during the day is hot and sweaty, and always takes you past the community pier and boat ramp where, as a kid, I always accidentally fell in the water on purpose.  Now my children accidentally fall in the water on purpose.  (Accidentally falling in on purpose is an artform typically mastered by children who are wearing one of the few clean outfits they have left for vacation and happens when specifically told NOT TO GET WET) 

Walking during the day you see your neighbors, find out who's down for the week/weekend, check out everyone's flowers look for anything new that's been added since you were down there last.  Basically it's trespassing legally from the road since it's a public road and broad daylight, you can be nosey without getting in trouble.

At night walks are even better with the noise of boats and cars gone, you hear more of nature's sounds.  Whipporwills whistle, the fittings on the ropes on the mast of the sailboat across the creek ping in the breeze, the Milky Way stretches across the sky... it's magical (you can also look into the windows of your neighbors' houses to see how they have things decorated... not that I would ever do that). 

so, what's your simple pleasaure today?