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hummingwolf) wrote2006-11-16 11:12 pm
hummingwolf) wrote2006-11-16 11:12 pm
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Really quite tired today, so spent most of the day in bed or otherwise resting, figuring two days of not leaving the house isn't too excessive if it helps me recover from the infection more quickly. The weather helped--the temperature was warm (about 70 F or 21 C), with gusty winds and heavy rains most of the day. Good weather for staying indoors drinking lots of tea.
Then an hour or so before sunset, the sun broke through, illuminating the rain-drenched world and all those clouds flying overhead. If you don't think I at least tried to go out for a walk at this point, whose journal have you been reading? It took me a while to get myself moving, so I missed any rainbows there might have been. And I did need to walk slowly, with my mind wanting a good walk a long distance so as to enjoy all the evening's beauty I could, and my body saying that wasn't going to happen so I'd better slow down and enjoy the efforts my body was willing to put forth. At one point I stopped in my tracks and stood facing east where the sky was filled with red embers and grey ash. It was not a picture postcard sunset so much as it was a "You had to be there" sunset, or possibly a "How many different cloud types can you identify?" sunset. Dramatically, kinetically beautiful.
Coughing stopped for a few hours, for which I and everyone within hearing distance were grateful. I left a conversation downstairs when my lungs got twitchy again, but that's okay since it was time for more tea and the newest Smallville anyway.
Then an hour or so before sunset, the sun broke through, illuminating the rain-drenched world and all those clouds flying overhead. If you don't think I at least tried to go out for a walk at this point, whose journal have you been reading? It took me a while to get myself moving, so I missed any rainbows there might have been. And I did need to walk slowly, with my mind wanting a good walk a long distance so as to enjoy all the evening's beauty I could, and my body saying that wasn't going to happen so I'd better slow down and enjoy the efforts my body was willing to put forth. At one point I stopped in my tracks and stood facing east where the sky was filled with red embers and grey ash. It was not a picture postcard sunset so much as it was a "You had to be there" sunset, or possibly a "How many different cloud types can you identify?" sunset. Dramatically, kinetically beautiful.
Coughing stopped for a few hours, for which I and everyone within hearing distance were grateful. I left a conversation downstairs when my lungs got twitchy again, but that's okay since it was time for more tea and the newest Smallville anyway.
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Sounds lovely.
I'm glad you got out for a walk at such a beautiful time of day.
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