Meri's Musings

It always amazes me how impacted I am by the weather. Give me a string of grey rainy days and I just want To curl up in bed with a stack of books until the sun breaks  through the clouds again. (I've read the Stieg Larsson trilogy and Finding Nouf, but the others await.) This morning, I woke to find frost on the grass and brilliant blue skies. A lot of leaves are still holding on despite a windy night a couple of days ago, so there’s a glut of color. I’m bursting with energy, but it won’t last. The weather forecasters even mentioned the dreaded S word last night. So Snow, if you're listening, flurry away in the Cascades and Olympics. but if you have to visit us in the lowlands, could you please be polite and fall only on the grass. Thanks!

Today I'm finding JOY in small things - like being able to take a deep breath   without triggering a coughing spasm precipitation is falling as rain, at least right now -- though snow is in the forecast I've got some cheery garden ornaments making my garden smile. What gives you JOY? To play along and share the joy: 1. do a post that tells and shows us what gives you joy. 2. capture the URL of the specific post  and paste it into the  Mr. Linky box  along with your name. 3. visit other players -- as many as possible --  and let their joy infect you.   Leave them a comment about their post. Let's start an epidemic of joy!

This morning, thanks to the relentless door bumping of my cats who thought I was a laggard, I was up before the sun. On a wet Pacific Northwest morning, with heavy overcast and leaking clouds, there is scant reward for being up so early, except not having to hear the cat thumps and bumps. Ah, but in Egypt it's a different story. "Luxor Sunrise" © 2009 Meri Arnett-Kremian No matter where you are, no matter how gloomy the skies, I wish you the colors of a Luxor sunrise.