I sat outside

I sat outside in the Spring-like weather for a long time in one of the Adirondack chairs our friend Hank (now dead) helped Bern build.

With all that's going on in the world, it was a welcomed relief.

I listened to a woodpecker pecking wood for a while.

I heard the birds that are coming back singing.

I watched a squirrel in our back yard for 5 minutes or so until he/she ran off.

I looked at the sky and the kids in the house beyond our back yard playing and two teen girls next door passing a ball back and forth.

Bern and Brigit came out for a while.

Bern and I talked while Brigit ran in the yard.

A good break from what is going on in the world and the worries and anxiety those things call.

I recommend taking time apart to just sit and watch and listen and ponder what you see and hear.

Good for the soul.

Surely good for mine today.