MONDAY MORNING MOONLIGHT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwnJzm-kubE

Good Early morning to you all - from a very cool Adelaide , the ground is heavy with dew and the day holds the promise of sunshine and gentle breezes.  A perfect way to start my day was to spend some time watching a full moon in a crystal clear sky.

I have been awake for quite a few hours, spent some time staying warm and reading, then I got up, made coffee and wrapped up warm and sat outside with the cat and enjoyed looking at the beautiful moon.

The air was crisp and cool and the atmosphere still and quiet  - it was truly lovely.

I love the moon and the changes it brings,  I love the way the moon pulls on the tides.

When all my will is gone you hold me sway
I need you at the dimming of the day

You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide
You know just where I keep my better side
 

These words come from the song "The Dimming of the Day"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6kjCd7QRbw

Richard and Linda Thompson.

This has been a really special way to start another week - it is another Monday and I hope for you that it is not "Just Another Manic Monday"  I hope that you are able to maintain the freshness of the weekend and carry it through with you into the week.

Apart from lunch out my weekend has just gone in a blur - I don't seem to have achieved very much at all, but I have enjoyed many things - a fleeting visit from Naomi and Alexis, some television - SPOOKS - British Television Drama at its brilliant best, some reading and lots of good conversation.

My lunch out was with friends I have worked with.  It was lovely at an Italian Cafe not far from home and we chatted, ate, laughed and share much of our lives and hearts.  It was a great time and we plan to do it again soon and often.

Friendship is a treasure and a gift we give ourselves.  I think one of the nicest things about it is the trust and the exchange of confidences and the knowledge that a problem shared is a problem halved.  Life has not been easy for these Three Musketeers - health issues and family problems are taking their toll.
These two friends have been kindness itself to me and during my times in hospital they would visit, always with some laughter and compassion.  They would brush my hair, massage my feet and hands and generally make me feel loved and pampered.  Now that I am much better in health I am able to share their burdens and help them along their pathway which is a nice feeling for me.

I have been counting my blessings and there are lots to count and lots of people to include.  I am rich indeed with my "real time" friends and my "on line" friends.  Both groups care and share troubles, share laughter and tears and are all special to me in their own way.


So here we are at Monday Morning and another week stretches ahead - this time a short working week with Good Friday and then the Easter break. I don't have many plans for Easter, but do have a breakfast planned for Easter Sunday morning with a much loved relative from Melbourne and her husband who we haven't yet met.
My girls are having a busy time at Easter and friends are going away or family coming to stay and I wish them all a wonderful time.   May Easter bring peace and calm to your lives and may you enjoy a break from the routine of work.


My Gratitude for today is:


"I am grateful for the moon, its beauty and how it affects my life."


Today stretches out before me as a lovely "ordinary" day filled with sunshine and ordinary things. Ordinary things they may be - but we live in an extraordinary world and my time with the moon was beautiful and as I venture forth to see what I can discover today - my wishes for you are for kindness, sharing, caring and safety.


May there be love and laughter in your day and I send love and hugs to you and thank you for visiting and taking the time to read "The Musings from my Heart."