i'll save the best for last.
young Mimosa
Hollyhock Eaters. i think a male and female...slight difference in coloring....
Native Olive...an abundance for the birds
these three pics were taken last eve before Tay had her Thing. So i looked at them this morning and then looked all over in the direction of her attention. Could see nothing out of the ordinary. But then, when i was coming home from feeding Allen's cats while he is in Alaska for a while, i saw this.
this is Minnow. who has become a parts donor for the other Honda Ninnow. but still. Why? and i am guessing that this was what Tay understood, tho couldn't really see because of the "privacy" fence. Which, is both a blessing and not. It keeps my space here. But also is not looked upon favorably by some in the Hood. It's a statement to them of Seperation. and there is resentment. So here we have it.
These are my running and Necessary vehicles. Ninnow, whose parts are interchangable with Minnow's of the Smashed Glass. And the truck. I park them outside the fence because i am not From here. I am from the mid west where we do not think of our vehicles as landscape ornament. So...this in itself sets me Apart. In the past, it was ok and accepted. I was known by the neighborhood and well, just ok. There are new people now. Who don't care. When the Sheriff's deputy came, because i called, he kind of just stood there. Looking vague. He finally said" well, i guess i can write an incident report". I said, yes, please do. you never know. I guess he did. and he also pointed out that if i parked Inside the Gate it would be simpler. and yes, it would. but i don't WANT to park inside the gate. I shouldn't HAVE to park inside the gate. They are off the road. They are in no one's way. So. i am thinking.
and here is the BEST PART. This is Tay's petrified turnip from her compost collection out under the Native Olive. She brought it to me this morning.
Tay has been a Very Very OK and sometimes GOOOOOD dog today. She is GOOD. There have been some Things, but easily distracted from and she has been just , well, just a really Fine dog. There have been times i could call her to me and times of even Humor. All day and it's now time that the Sun is hovering in the Rim. So a WHOLE DAY of GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!!
and i have returned to Patricia's post on followingthread@wordpress.com of 7/14....Point of View and Acceptance. There, she said: " Respecting. Respecting the nature of......... Things. People. Self. Not pushing against. Not wanting to change something against it's will. Against its nature. Acceptance." There's more there, in that Post, go look. I don't want to take any more out of context. But this is IT. and so important to me here. There are thoughts there about "giving up", and today i remember that that also can mean surrender. Surrender is a very LOADED word. but.....
and having to do with Tay. Both she and i are Who we Are. If it is that we can find our middle path, then...yes. If we are, by nature, different, then this needs to be respected.
But today...there is a clear and bright and energetic Middle Way and we were oh so Just Going.
