Spring Rambles

Spring has really arrived ... and I'm loving every drop of golden sunshine and every breath of blossom-scented warm air. It feels so good to wake up to sunshine pouring into my bedroom ... to wear a pretty summer skirts again ... to drive with the car/van windows open ...

The last few weeks (alright ... the last few months) have been so busy! It's been hard to find time for anything ... blogging included. In fact, lack of time aside, I must admit that blogging has been low on my list of things to do simply by virtue of being an online activity. I appreciate the Internet in many ways, but I've recently been feeling tired of being online and participating in online activities. No ... I haven't suspended my Facebook account or withdrawn from one online group or refused to consider joining another online group or stopped browsing on Amazon or deleted my blog, but I've decreased my blog-hopping. It doesn't seem fair to lurk when I don't have time to comment ... and three minutes of blog-hopping makes me more tired than thirty minutes of book-reading. Not that I'm criticising blogging or devaluing my bloggy-friendships ... honestly!

No, recently, it's been time to be, not online, but ... real. To live. To make bread by hand and kneed the sticky dough on a floury surface, before greasing a tin and pressing the bread into it ... to work on a wedding present for a close friend, feeling the smooth crochet hook in the fingers of one hand and the rough yarn in the fingers of the other hand ... to go for a walk in the rain and sit and read the sun, feeling the pitter-patter of the rain on my hair and cheeks or the caress of the sun on my hair and my lips. It's been good. Sure ... because the last few weeks have been busy, I haven't accomplished everything I planned to accomplish and I'm tired. But ... I must admit, it's been nice to leave my computer off for days at a time and I've enjoyed every touchy-feely-golden moment!

Something I've managed to do while driving hither and thither and doing this and that is ... reading! It's something I always want to do more of, but in the last few weeks I've finished reading through the Bible (I read through it in 30 days and am planning to write a post about the experience!) and read seven or more other books. I'm impressed with myself ... no, not really; I'm grateful for each and every opportunity to read! I've discovered some interesting things ... the first and foremost one being, I think, that as a rule (of course, there are exceptions to every rule, but don't the exceptions prove the rule?!?) old books have an innocence and sweetness that modern books do not have. An interesting discovery, in my opinion. I hope you all think so too, because I'm planning to write a post about that too!

Anyway ... this afternoon I have the house to myself and the car in case I want it, no one to look after and a few hours to do whatever I feel like. Of course, I should work. But I'm tired and I can't remember the last time I had an afternoon like this, so I'm going to make the most of it - nap, read stories and write letters. Perfect ... especially on a beautiful spring day ...