Today will be a busy day, but in my heart I’m quiet.
Last night I had the most beautiful walk with the guy I love…through the neighbourhood streets, past the kids riding bikes, watching the sun sink orange and low, hiking through the bush at the end of our tree-filled suburb.
Kookaburra song.
Rain and sun showers, then a rainbow.
Oh, 2020, you’ve been a wild and sometimes scary ride.
It makes me think of a line from a song I used to love: It’s the little things, baby, that give you away…when you try to deny how you feel.
How are you?
How are you right now, this second? I’m asking in case no one else has…
How I feel is this: glad we made it, and wondering about 2021. Hoping for a safe vaccine for the rest of the world and all the people I love. Ready for a rest and a new laptop. I’ve worn this one out with all my tapping. The decorations are up, the gifts are wrapped and my favourite season is on the way. Christmas-Summer is lovely, if you want to know. I miss a white one, but a green one with kookaburra song is also really good.
We are lucky here in my little circle in Australia, and we’re used to celebrating Christmas as an island of four. We’ve done it for years and years. If you’re a little worried, a little tired, or wondering how you’ll feel in this season where everything is different this year, I’ve got a simple idea.
It’s the little things, baby. Notice the tiny and beautiful. It’s there—peace—waiting for you.
Enjoy your Sunday.
Love, Catherine x
PS.
Our tree out front is so pretty but hard to capture in a photo. Wish you could come over at night for a cup of tea and a sweet treat.
Missing this Hyams Beach sunset. A little thing, and so very pretty.
