Daily Mending- January 17th

 It rained.  And the side yard- where the land dips lower- filled with rainwater.  Like the Old Days before the Planet started it's Warm Up.  Ducks, passing thru, and my dog Riley would swim in that Vernal Pool. Looked like a river as it curved alongside the house and down to the road out front.  I wish it had stayed.  But this morning only a few puddles remain.

And you can see what makes my days so sad.  The trees.  Dark. Deep. Endless Darkness. And THIS is after we removed 10 which had roots on the edges of that pond this summer.  

We could remove ten huge old trees every year and still see this.  I think we have already removed over 50.  Which is why you see grass. But the surrounding Dark still is there. And the trees are not healthy. Too crowded. The ones you see belong to the neighbors.

The remaining huge old skylight that brightens the day, for anyone washing dishes in the kitchen, is leaking (in yesterday's rain).  As the "no longer here" one did over the dining room table.  So, I must call in some one- the guys who usually work here- are not answering texts.  Removal.  Not replacement.  Which means new roofing etc.  Interior work as well.  But just patching.  Why fix what will be torn up if we ever get a new kitchen????  Scaffolding to paint the ceiling which is two stories high.  It's a big room.  When I first walked into this house--- I thought wow! Am I going to live here????  Yes.

It felt like a dream.  It's a very good house.  I just wish I had been happy here.

The kitchen will be darker.  No sunshine will fill the sink each morning.  The Avocado Pit will be unhappy as it enjoys the light from the skylight more than the light by the windows.  The Pepper plant prefers sitting on the floor cuddled up to the baseboard heater with the Sun shining on it's happy green leaves. How funny.  Each plant having such specific preferences. We have tried having them side by side. No.

I made a supper that could have been better.  Buying different brands of ingredients has shifted the taste of our long time favorites.  Not everything I used to buy is available. A slight but still defining difference. The sun is shining today. But it feels cold.  Football to look forward to.  The Green Bay game was good the other was lifeless.  Perhaps they didn't want to play?  Today.  Two more. Perhaps a second chance for Pizza???