1000 Fields of Roses

This post might be a bit grumbly.
Here’s a tiny duck to bring some cheer 🙂

I have been quite tired lately. Getting out and about – just wearing out more quickly.
It’s very annoying.

I’ve also had…too much phone.
Messages. Emails.
All good.
I might have to think through the answer until it’s just right.
But – doable.

I hate talking on the phone.
If it’s an expected call, especially one I have a vague “script” for, I can do it.
If I know the person, and/or the call is likely to be short, then I can manage.
(If you’ve called me and I haven’t answered, it’s most likely I haven’t heard the phone ring. But also possible that I’m staring at it like it’s a snake ready to strike, waiting for it to stop…and the caller to leave a message 😆 )

I am partly deaf, which makes it harder to handle a call. Not so much the actual hearing part, although I “hear” much better when I can see the person’s face. I find that I generally hear the sound clearly over the phone, but without visual context, I find it harder to comprehend the words – at least, quickly enough to hold an easy conversation.
When that call is long, and/or the person is speaking fast, I get stressed and end up a bit weepy…
It’s similar to the way I feel in a space with background noise and many people talking. I cope for a bit, then feel like running.

This week has had more involuntary phone participation than I’m used to. Some has been necessary. Some, I feel, would have been better in an email, if that had been an option 😀

Most people seem to have no problem with phone calls, so I feel like a whiny baby sometimes.
But what’s the point of messaging and email technology if you insist on actually talking to me?? 😆

Oh well.
Whinge over.

We went out for coffee yesterday. That was nice.
I had a strawberry buttercream and vanilla mini cake.

And enjoyed the shadows cast by the greenery.

With added blue phone light!

At this time of night, the world is quiet again.
Time to sleep.
❤

Bit cold this morning.
I put on more layers to wait for the early bus, so I was comfortable.
The clouds were shining in the sun – not sure if they were completely “mackerel” – I think there were some mare’s tails in there!

The sun was still low(ish), so not much heat radiating onto the town.

Shiny! 😀

Sat and enjoyed a cappuccino…

before checking out the markets.
It was still too early for the library to be open, so I lingered on one of the green areas, watching the world go by.
I was soon joined by a bubble fairy.

Magic!

❤ 🙂

I was apprehensive about going out today – the cold snap, and the early start.
But I got there, and was able to experience and appreciate hot coffee on a cold morning.
And bubbles!

I wandered (lonely as a (mackerel) cloud?) before taking a leisurely bus ride home (roadworks on the route – it was late).
Saturday’s a good day for that.
Weekdays are appointments and schedules, Sundays are church.
Saturday stretches out with anticipation…
At least, this one did!

We have no shortage of fallen leaves at our place.
Most days I leave them be, but some catch my eye and become part of my decor.

It’s been a drizzly day.
Cool, and comfortable. But grey.
Yesterday was unexpectedly busy (but good!), so today was correspondingly quiet.
A reading, dreaming day.
After a coffee and toast and books and catch-up day 🙂

The sun shone yesterday, as autumn gathered its frost-tinged air and swept through the town.
I basked in the light, and appreciated the way it glowed through the growing things I came across in my day.

Whether it was artificial light through the leaves –

Or natural light through glass…

…and garden…

it was a chance to fill up on sunlight, before the grey today!

My garden has been happy in the rain.
Repotting the big plants helped.

The frangipanis were becoming root bound.

A bigger pot, and more space to spread out, seems to have made all the difference.
A little guardian bee, with its own little flower house, would obviously help!

Tomorrow will be another today.
Rain? Shine?
I don’t know.

But, just for today (tomorrow) –
remember…

❤