Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles

Have you been enjoying the winter "tree" photographs the past few days?!?  I sure hope so.  I've really been enjoying seeing them scroll across my screen saver one after another and having the winning photo as my desktop for just a while longer, since winter is well on it's way out.

 At least, here it seems to be. 

This has been a really mild winter overall.   We've only had maybe two or three hard freeze nights, while the rest of the winter has been in the 40s and 50s mixed in with the 60s and a few 70s.  Some rain, which we need.  Some thunder storms that have wreaked havoc across the south, with a few problems around here, but not like other places have experienced them.

Here on our wooded place, green leaves seem to be trying to shoot out already and the dead winter grass is beginning to green up.  Lovely, blowing in the gentle breezes.

I've been engaging in "sun" therapy for my depression as many afternoons as I can out on the back deck.  It is high above the ground and looks out at a hard wood forest behind the sloping yard.  We have a big grill on one end of the deck with a smoker next to it.  They are covered right now, but will be uncovered coming most weekends, soon, as Tom grills out for us and smokes ribs, hens and briskets.

We also have four white Adirondack chairs on our deck and the deck faces west, so I like to sit out in the sun warmed chairs and meditate.  It's lovely and it lifts my spirits in a quiet, gentle way - the way it needs to be lifted.

I would like to be able to do that this afternoon, but must be out and about all afternoon doing the "usual" cost-of-living chores around town.  I also have to drive about 45 miles down into Louisiana afterward to go meet with our CPA.  It's tax time, again!

I could have done them this year - I used to - but with the depression closed in on me, I just didn't think I needed the stresses of trying to deal with it all.  Our CPA is good and can get them done much more quickly (and better, I'm sure) than I could at the moment.  Plus, she is a friend!

Speaking of friends - the past few weeks I've been meeting several of you readers who have "revealed" yourselves for the first time, and for that I'm very happy.  Some of you have emailed me and some of you have started commenting and I highly appreciate both.

All of you say that you are praying for me in the depression and health problems, and for that I'm most appreciative!  I pray for all of you every day, which I've told you many times, but want to bring up, again.  I treasure your readership and friendships more than you know.

I mean, I found out just this past Thursday that I have yet another (new) medical problem to deal with that may turn out to be chronic!  Sheesh!  Just what I needed!  I'm telling you - I must not be living right, or something!  Or maybe I am, and satan's out to get me.  (You note I didn't capitalize "satan" because I refuse to give him that status!  On the other hand, I always capitalize God in all of his forms, including Jesus Christ, and even the Bible.  Just a couple of quirks of mine, I guess.  Have you ever thought about it, or is it just me?  I'm a big word person, as you know.)

I think I'll try to write a funny post real soon.  I haven't done one in a while because I haven't had them in me with the depression and all.  In fact, I had decided that I had turned into a non-funny person after all these years.  But, I still have some good, funny, true stories in me, after all, I think, so will share some with you for spring.  How about that?  Who wants to hear those?

That's it for today.  I've got to go get ready to go do my routine chores in town.

Much love to you all, today!  And many Cheers & Blessings to you!  

Love, Dee

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