Last night Vince had gone to bed early and I stayed up late, which isn’t unusual. It was getting close to 1 a.m. and as I was getting ready to go to bed, I made the rounds to be sure all the doors were locked. That little chore takes much longer than it once did. In Texas, we have two doors to check. Here, there are eight!
When I checked the back door that goes out onto the deck, the clouds and moon caught my attention.
I grabbed a chair from the breakfast room, drug it out there, went back in after a few minutes and got a blanket. The wind was blowing. There were no bugs. The neighborhood was totally quiet. At one point, I thought . . if I had a comfy sleeping bag, I might sleep out here and then I giggled at the thought of Vince waking up in the night, realizing I wasn’t in bed, looking for me and finding me sleeping on the deck.
No matter how much craziness is going on in the word, and I think we’ll all agree that it’s pretty crazy right now . . no matter how much craziness is going on in our own little area or even our own household, going outside on a cool, cloudy night, sitting alone, with no interruptions other than my own thoughts – that is good for my soul, good for my sanity and good for my attitude.
Sandi B says
Awesome! What a beautiful sight.
Nelle Coursey says
Nature has a way of making us calm. I bet you would have been startled if a deer decided to check you out! LOL I am so happy for you both.
Chris says
True, true, true! (Love this post!)
Linda in NE says
At one point my husband left for work about 1:30pm & got back around 2am (long commute). My favorite thing in the summer was to go sit on the front steps about midnight. All the neighbors asleep, everything so quiet & peaceful. One foggy night there were some sort of chirpy birds in all the trees just softly chirping away. Loved it. People always asked if I wasn’t afraid to be by myself with my husband working nights. No, I wasn’t.
Susan Nixon says
You’ve definitely found your spot.
Karen Sutton says
Sounds lovely. I do much the same thing only in the morning. I’m usually up way before Bob and I’ll sit on the patio in the dark enjoying my first cup of coffee and listening for the birds to wake up. It’s so peaceful and quiet.