Feb
24
2010
Every Time I Glance Out My Kitchen Window I Am Awed
Author: siggyEvery time I glance out my kitchen window onto the backyard and woods I am awed. There is mystery there. Toads, turtles and cottontails live back there. And I do not know what else.
Today everything is white and there is calm. The snow is falling. If I look carefully, I often see birds alight on some of the bushes. It is wild back there.
Two summers ago I discovered a large raspberry patch in the corner of my property. My wife made at least two pies from the berries I picked that year.
I love looking at the symmetry of the trees, how they placed themselves. I know there is a higher power. And every time I look at (???) that window I am assured of that fact.
There is a tiny creek back there which sometimes goes dry but the gully it created is at least six inches tall so it has been there for awhile.
Every once in a while I tramp around never certain what I will find. I love surprises although they generally occur when I am not looking for them. It is a piece of our property I love. I never know exactly what I will find.
It is wild and I want to keep it that way. I hate manicured lawns. I do not know why people are so proud of them. And work so hard to keep them that way. To me, it is an exercise in futility. I certainly don’t envy their neat lawns. I just love looking out my window.
