REFLECTED WATER DANCING

Today the light streamed through the living room, sunlight bathing the walls and the furniture. Not harsh like in summer, nor faded and quiet like in winter. A wonderful calm warmth, as autumn approaches and the sun still has depth and richness without the burning heat. I love watching shadows and light move across the walls, catching pieces of glass or white ceramic in it's path. I love the shapes and colours, the refractions of light as the light dances through water in a vase.

The vase holds a large white magnolia flower - a big round heavy glass bowl, and the flower fills it. As the day moved on, the petals turned brown, the downside to magnolias, they don't last long. The petals tore at the ends, split open and burned by the light. The photo above is a refracted reflection through the vase projected up onto a wall behind it. A little ghost spirit of the sun, circles dancing and playing, moving and twisting.

I look at this and I find calm. For the first time in a few weeks I feel grounded and connected back to my day. Being sick caught me off guard and it's taken a lot longer to get back into the groove of my daily routine, something which always makes me uneasy. My energy has been drained, and with it my confidence. This week has been better - more affirming. My restlessness has started to once again turn to productive creating, and ideas which had stupefied have started working.

Today I sat and talked, and listened, and we ate biscotti, and fresh nashi pears with ricotta maple syrup and cinnamon and we lost track of time. In the most delightful way conversation can afford. A simple day, but a day of warmth and friendship, sunlight, and a chance to sit in my favourite chair, in my favourite corner of the house, and do a few rows of knitting.

Comments

[Susana]

Simple can be so beautiful, like this sunlit day of yours. Thank you for sharing your beauty.

[Creature of Habit]

How nice and calming.

When you talk about food, it makes me want to live next door to you so that I could raid your meal times. I'd be all "hey, are you guys just sitting down to dinner? Don't mind me!" *grins* I love food, but am not a fan of making it. If I were rich, I would have a personal chef before anything else! :)

[Ellen]

Sometimes it's those simple things that lift our spirits. Hope you're feeling better each day. I remember when I had minor outpatient surgery done ~ the recovery was much longer than expected which doesn't always help with energy/mood which in cyclical terms doesn't help with recovery...

[Rebecca]

Your post really struck a chord with me, I have been chasing these rays of light, soaking them up, enjoying them, whenever possible. They make me feel both calm and happy.

[adimay]

always happy to come here, alison! always so beautiful, inspiring and insightful. glad you're feeling better.

[Carson]

Ricotta and maple syrup? = to die for.
Biscotti? = more-ish.
You'll be pleased to know that I'm still on the "Sweet Baked Goods Only Diet" after all that biscotti: onto the Ganache and mudcake today.
I may sell this diet plan to Woman's Day, or New Idea.
That light reflection by the way, is just beautiful : a reflection in many senses of the word.

[Alison]

Beautiful words.

[amisha]

reading this is like a deep breath for me, al... thank you for sharing it.
i could watch the sun cross a room all day long. and i hope to, very soon.
xox