The Soothing Minitue Of Each Day.

 The wonderful impact of ordinary things.

A moment ago as I walked past Mausi's high chair-a kist turned upside down where she can lord it over her fiefdom whilst munching away, safe in the knowledge that no errant rodent would dare sneak up on her-I noticed that for once she had licked the plate clean. Something so mundane yet I had a momentary feeling of joy knowing that she has had her sustenance for the day. Picky eaters are the bane of anyone's life!

The rain has been drizzling down in stages all day and earlier on I chose a time of rainy ceasefire to go dash outside for a spot of gardening. Our tomato creepers are not going to thrive in this cold and icy time ahead so I pulled them all out. Good golly did those roots resist departure but it provided a good workout and a feeling of accomplishment.

Our neighbours are still getting their house finished off and for the last few weeks the painters have been working on it. Their house is surrounded by scaffolding and I can just about imagine their stress levels leveling in on the high side dealing with the constant banging, banter and bashing. Bad enough hearing most of it when windows are open.

For lunch I tried a new soup concoction ...a potato, zucchini and brown chickpea soup. I cut the vegetables into small pieces, fried up an onion, added a cup of cooked chickpeas and two cups of water and let the whole lot bubble away for about fifteen minutes. Everything into the blender for half a minute and the most tasty soup was had. Something so simple yet something so rewarding.

We are all so caught up in chasing excitement, never wanting to miss out on anything and thus living on borrowed energy until our we get the bill by our body becoming ill, that we miss out on those seemingly mundane moments of life by not recognizing that they are what gives us the inner peace that no amount of consumption can bring...

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