I stand at the kitchen sink and watch the sun lowering down; how at the turquoise hem of the sky a silver-white petticoat of clouds billows out over the hill above the new Farmers Market. I see how the light sparkles off the hooves of a horse doing a happy dance for his dinner as my neighbor forks a bale of hay into the metal feeding trough. Close to the house I see that a gust of afternoon wind has once again toppled our double-swing on to its back, and how the light bounces off its metal poles and off the aluminum roof of the empty doghouse before sweeping across thousands of tiny lilac flowers in our backyard turning them from “just weeds” into a fairy-tale lawn.
Inside our “cheap” house--a small thin-walled mobile home--my ears tune in to gentle evening sounds. The hum of the refrigerator and, when I step into the living room, the water drip, drip, dripping in the fish tank. Percy, laying on the cushioned comfort of an easy chair, greets me with a startled meow and rises to a full-limbed stretch under my stroking hand. The only other voice is the low background natter-chatter of the television--Channel 4 local news, the only channel we can get. Paul is working late tonight, but he’ll be home any minute. The smells of our waiting supper--sauteed onion, bell pepper, and garlic that I stirred into some leftover buffalo meat a friend brought--tickles my belly . . . I am hungry and I know how good those fajitas are going to taste when I share them with my hubby.
I wish I could always “see” this way, hyper-aware and thankful for every moment. Sometimes the ordinary becomes extraordinary just by changing my viewpoint.
Comments (2)
I like your descriptive words. It makes it easier to imagine what you're seeing. I wish I could see it in person. I wish there were a way for me to stop by on my way back from Chapter Camp this summer, as we drive between Flagstaff and Albuquerque (sp?).
It's so true that the ordinary can be so extraordinary.............if we'll only let it be so! Keep writing, little sister.........it's fun to read..............