Beautiful Morning!

Annnnd, as usual on a day off, my eyes pop open at 5am as if I'm supposed to go to work.  I know that's part of being in the "older generation" and .. eh, I guess I'm OK with it.  I got up, walked Sadie then gathered up all the garbage, since the garbage truck hadn't been here, tossed a few palm fronds into the can and headed inside for breakfast.   On my days off, it's Peanut Butter toast and a Diet Coke.   It's been that for near 20 years -- I can't seem to help myself!

Today's a cleaning day - I started in my bedroom and got it all back to rights.  Nope.  Scratch that.  I got it back to Showroom Ready.  No clutter, no piles, no boxes or bags.  *whew* feels good!  And gosh look at the time, it's only 7:40.  lmao.  What to do NOW?  

Ahh.... re-hanging the photos on my self created photo gallery.  With really tall walls, they're hard to decorate, everything looks ... unbalanced, I guess is the best word for how it feels to me.  So I created my own balance.  In my living room, there's a wall separating it from the kitchen.  It doesn't go to the 14' ceiling, it's 8 feet high.  With that height as an anchor, I stapled a 36" wide piece of burlap the length of one wall and use that as a base frame to put my photos up.  It's probably 14-foot, so plenty of room to hang family photos and favorites that I've taken over the years!   Hanging dozens of framed photos up within the boundaries of the burlap works wonders for my OCD or perfectionism - either label works for me!

Ahhh.... 9:30am and I change into shorts, grab a bottle of water, and head out into the backyard to sit in the sun and read.  Only my focus keeps looking at the sky, the trees.  Every now and then there's a morning that I call crystal clear.  The sky is a perfect blue, the sun shines on the trees and they nearly glimmer in the gorgeous light.  I didn't bother with a camera to try and capture the beauty, I just sat and enjoyed it!  Bare feet to the ground, sun on my skin, a good book in my hands .... What a beautiful morning this has been!