Simply..accepting....

5/1/2021

the necessity of lockdown against this terrible disease. The stories of hardship and heartbreak can be overwhelming, even for someone like me lucky enough so far to be relatively unaffected.

So it's one day at a time, and today is the twelfth day of Christmas so time to take down the decorations. Doing that and cleaning out the fridge for a fresh start took most of the day (work expanding to fill the time available I suspect).

I took a walk too in beautiful sunshine - it was warm enough to sit on a rock on the beach for a while.

Isn'tit lovely to receive a thank you card, or letter/call/text...

I am thinking about how to decorate the rather bare house for the rest of winter now. Daffodils bought at the supermarket will help and I have just remembered that I always say at this time of year that when I take the decorations down I notice how badly the rooms need decorated - not this year! They are freshly painted (September) - SO NICE!

6 Comments

Sue

6/1/2021 09:42:21 am

Usually I hate taking the decorations down because a lot of sparkle and colour disappears into the boxes with them.
This year the beautiful sunshine has made the task much easier.
In our part of the world the virus had passed us by for the last six months but all of a sudden it's reappeared so we are in lockdown.
Just before it happened I chose my new word, positivity!
I think it's one that we may all need to practice.
I love the photograph of the tulips, a promise of the spring.
Sue

Freda

6/1/2021 02:26:18 pm

I’m sorry you are under lockdown now it glad to hear you are still keeping positivity as your word Sue! I’m keeping a few little twinkly lights around, but sunshine on frost and snow is a tonic. A few off those tulips are still looking lovely.

Gwendoline

6/1/2021 12:41:16 pm

Well, here is a thank you from me for hosting this lovely cyberspace space. Acceptance, yes, can be very tricky when everything in you wants to SOLVE this problem, FIX this discomfort, MAKE everything better. And to do all this NOW! You can probably tell that I'm still working on my acceptance skills :-)

Freda

6/1/2021 02:35:34 pm

It has taken me sooo long to get to acceptance!Thanks for your always interesting comments.

Sheena

6/1/2021 01:11:41 pm

It was so sad taking the decorations down today but, like you, a walk in the brilliant sunshine was a real boost to the spirits. Instead of daffodils I found pots of bright yellow primroses in the supermarket and every time I walk through the hall the basket of them cheers me up along with hazel branches with catkins already showing. It may not be living in the moment but it is hard not to fixate on the promise of spring.

Freda

6/1/2021 02:38:36 pm

Your primroses sound heart lifting. I am keeping a few little twinkly lights around. I will look out for catkins tomorrow- in the snow!

Simply..accepting....

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