1. A dream I had last night.....
I woke this morning early as J had to get up at 5 to go to Mexico. Whenever I wake up and go back to sleep for a little while I have the craziest dreams. I dreamt I was at a hotel (I usually have 4 hotels that frequent my dreams). This one was in Swanage a place where I used to spend my childhood holidays. I sat at a table in the restaurant and noticed all the couples happy around me, I was the only person sat by themselves. I ordered a bowl of granola. On table was a toaster and a pile of wheat bread. Yet when the waitress came, I kept trying to order toast from the kitchen... she kept saying no toast was available. Only when she left did I realise that the toaster and bread had been in front of me the whole time. I guess sometimes you miss what is right in front of you.
2. The News.....
The state of the economy seems to be infiltrating everything these days. Money. It seems again as though the tax payers will have to pay for everyones mistakes through government bail outs. I ask myself is this fair? The bank executives spend millions each year etc etc.... and yet when trouble arrives it is everyone that has to pay. On the otherhand if the government doesn't bail them out what then? Sometimes I am glad I live here with little money, no investments and don't have to worry about losing everything. Money, greed, corruption and power the three pillars of the modern world. I feel glad I can sit in my hammock in the evening watching the rain hitting the zinc roofs and know that money doesnt play the role it used to in my life. I think back to how much I used to spend on drinking, eating, clothes...... crazy.
3. My Garden.....
My sunflowers are growing bigger, the basil is taking off and my dill is sprouting (a little crookedly seeing as the cat knocked the flower pot over!) I am sad that my strawberry seeds havent worked yet! I will give them one more week! I hope to plant all the rest of the plants out next week, I hope the "zoo creatures" don't dig them up.
4. Things that made me smile in the last 24 hours....
* Getting my nails painted
* Fluffy pillows
* Eating at the South Indian place in town
* My plants growing
* Ali and Omlette my cats, Poly and Mona, my dogs
* Seeing J in a shirt and smart pants
* Not fighting with John
5. Old paintings.....
I found some pictures of some paintings I did, only copies of some stuff I liked, but it took me back to the days when I had time to paint, and better still somewhere to sit down and paint!
