MONDAY MONDAY - WE MEET AGAIN

Good Morning and welcome to my little corner of the world where Monday has dawned with strong winds and a chill in the air.   No rain and rather a typical late winter/early spring day with blossom petals flying through the air and daffodils dancing in the wind.

Monday, Monday - we meet again and for that I am thankful - it means I have enjoyed another week of life with all its foibles and beauty.  I know for those of you still in the work force that Monday comes around far too quickly and I feel for you as you face the working week. Try to do it wish a smile and with thanks for the lovely weekend you have just spent.

Winter is coming to an end here in Australia and we shall soon be having longer daylight hours, warmer days and be part of a world waking up to spring.   To those in the northern hemisphere - relish every day left of summer and go into your autumn days with wonder at the changing of the seasons.

I am happy at the changing of the seasons (although I don't relish the thought of summer) as it means that I am alive and well and able to enjoy the passing days and the rolling on of the year.

This is a photograph of a pink daffodil which is dancing in the wind in my garden and which is very beautiful.  I really love spring bulbs and am planning to grow hyacinths in pots inside for next spring - pink, blue and white.

I have lots of things to do around home this morning and will enjoy getting them finished and I have lots of writing I want to get on with this afternoon, but there's another day tomorrow if they don't get done.

However you spend your Monday - be it at the Office, the School, the Factory, or staying home sending your loved ones off to where they have to be - I hope that you are able to find some joy in the little things and to be present to each moment of your day.   There is always something to be thankful for and I hope that you find it today.

Take care on the roads, the sporting fields and through life generally - live, laugh love and be happy.

Thank you for visiting the Musings of my Heart on this Monday - my heart is peaceful and I am thankful for this ordinary day.    Ordinary day how I longer for you, cried for you, ached for you and prayed for you and now I am thankful for you.

Love and hugs,

THANKFUL THURSDAY - GO GENTLY

Good evening from Adelaide - and I missed blogging yesterday and wonder if I was missed - I didn't forget, but got caught up with the most amazing emotional stuff and my head and heart were full and I couldn't get my thoughts straight.    To a very large extent I am still blown away and not thinking clearly - so I have promised myself a very early night and hopefully a sweet sweet sleep will be mine and my head will clearer.

My head and heart could not be happier and my life is filled with the joy of living and loving.

It is a very precious honour to share the emotions of feelings of an other's heart and I am blessed to be close enough to someone very special but it blows my mind.  Sharing and caring is very very special.

Being speechless is not something that is common to me, but believe me it has been achieved and my heart took flight ~ I am at home with myself and it is such a lovely feeling.

I hope that there are joyous things in your life and that your world is bringing joy to you - the seasons are changing and I noticed this evening that the night time has arrived earlier - the days are shorter and although we are still in our summer it has been cool.   It is snowing in parts of America and lots of Europe is in the grip of a very icy winter.   The canals in Venice are frozen bringing "traffic" to a halt.

I had a message today from a Daffodil Farm and there are early daffodils in bloom in parts of the world.   This photograph is of a beautiful daffodil in Georgia.

Spring is on the way for our northern hemisphere friends and for us Autumn will soon don her beautiful gown and grace our stage.  I love Spring and Autumn - I love the changes and the beauty they hold.   I can also see beauty in a stark bare winter tree.   My friend Diane who lives in Illinois has been posting pictures of winter trees and I have loved seeing them.

On Thankful Thursday I have so very much to be thankful - for friends and family, love, laughter, music and mirth,  peace and plenty and I am delighted to say I am thankful for health and happiness.

Our elder daughter took a tumble down the stairs at her home and is rather battered and bruised, but nothing broken and no serious damage so that is something to be very thankful for.   She was hurrying and really doesn't know what happened and she was wearing flat shoes so that's a good thing. The biggest blessing here is that Nick was at home to help her.    I am blessed indeed.

When this blog is posted I am off to find some comfort in my bed and to perhaps finish reading the novel I have been struggling with - I thought I had left it at the hairdressers, but it was in the boot of the car.   I am vague at times and often misplace things and then spend a lot of time looking for them.    I am getting better with my keys after the big "lock out day" when I shut my keys inside and  had to wait for help to arrive.

Goodnight from me and the Land Down Under and thank you for visiting the Musings of my Heart - a heart full of emotion, love and mostly happiness.

Love and hugs,

Linda. 

MONDAY - SOMETIMES WHEN I'M DREAMING

Winter Dreaming - © Josephine Wall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC82QWYPOKE

Katie Melua - Sometimes when I'm Dreaming

Good Morning and welcome to Monday morning in my little corner of the world.  The sun is shining and the sky is blue - breakfast of grilled cheese and coffee.  Tablets taken and I am ready to face the day.

The link to the music today takes us to the world of Katie Melua - a beautiful young lady with an enchanting voice - I often play her songs and this is only one of many I love.

Another favourite of mine is "I Cried for You"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-vaRLYG3vA

Another weekend gone and closer to Christmas time - I can't believe how quickly this year has gone.  The fact that it has flown indicates to me that I am content and certainly not bored. It indicates that I have filled my days with many things - writing, reading, and now recently beading.  The beading comes at a time when there is obviously more space in my mind and heart to be open to accept something new.  I had a glorious day yesterday perusing on line sites selling all things beading. I am looking forward to learning to make earrings - I have a daughter who is keen for that too and an other daughter who says - lovely for you Mum and for Rebecca but it's not for me.

It fascinates me how two girls with the same Father and Mother can be so different and yet so alike.  They are very different in their skills, ambitions, hopes and dreams but there is a very beautiful affinity and friendship.   There is a real care between them and when I was so ill that brought me comfort knowing that no matter what happened they would have each other.

I have been dreaming more lately - or it seems that way and I am also able to recall those dreams.  I have always been a Day Dreamer - always been gazing out of classroom windows and off in a different world, only to be brought back to reality by a very frustrated teacher.  I very often was moved in class away from the window but I still managed to transport myself to other places in my mind.

I have used that day dreaming skill many times in my life to take me away from stressful situations and times when I was not comfortable with what was happening to me.  During my months in hospital that skill was finely honed and I often took myself away from what was actually happening to me.  Pain often brought me back to reality but it had been sweet release to be away from things.   I call it mind travelling and oh the many journeys I took and the places I visited. It certainly helped me through difficult days.

I hope your sleep pattern is better than mine - and that you are able to slip into a deep and untroubled sleep at night and that your dreams are sweet and pleasant.

If you are a day dreamer like me - make the most of it - travel back to earlier days and relive the beautiful times, spectacular places and conversations and interludes from long ago times.

I think being able to do this means I can hold those no longer with me a little closer, there are times when I can almost hear my Father's voice, his face is etched in my memory.

I can understand how dreams can be frightening to children - often I had the strangest dreams when on huge amounts of drugs - and they were scary dreams and yet so very real.

I hope you are ready to face another week or work/leisure and that you feel rested from the weekend and the memory of all the things you did.  I was blessed to be able to find creativity and to enjoy an evening with friends.

I noticed this morning that it was lighter a little earlier and that the days are getting longer which means that spring and summer are on their way.   I love the changing of the seasons - the way they just roll on from year to year - soon it will be much too hot for me but that is part of life in "The Land Down Under" and I shall have to deal with it.

Wherever you are - find some beauty in your world, dream a dream or two, stir your memory and enjoy your life.

Thank you for visiting "The Musings from My Heart" and I hope your dreams are sweet and pleasant.

Love and hugs,

Linda.