Jinjre
08-16-2004, 12:02 AM
Tonight Iagoe and I had a picnic in our front yard. We live on a flag (aka pipestem) lot which means our front yard is more like a backyard in that it's fenced in by 3 other houses and doesn't face a street.
After we had dinner, we laid on our backs on the blanket and just watched the sky. We watched sparrows chasing bugs. We watched the sky darken and the clouds turn pink. Then the bats came out and we watched them fly all around chasing insects while we cheered them on.
At one point, Iagoe said "I want to change the channel" so he flipped around to face the opposite direction.
And we just chatted about nothing in particular. We talked about things we did as kids, stuff that we've done together, a little about politics (very little politics tho). We talked about what we thought the different clouds looked like. We watched the dragon flies. I never even knew we had such HUGE dragon flies because I never looked up. We have some that are probably 4 inches in length.
We made bad jokes, we laid next to each other and said nothing, just watching the sky and looking at how the sun gleams off the tree tops as it sets.
It was absolutely wonderful.
Then I got to thinking that we used to do that years ago. When I was a kid. Before cable tv and computers. We'd just sit outside in the evenings and watch it get dark. I hadn't realized how much I missed that 'quiet time' with nature until tonight.
Our culture seems to get us all in such a hurry. I forgot the sky existed. Tonight I rediscovered the sky and the birds and the bats and the dragonflies and the clouds. And it was glorious.
Next time you're feeling overwhelmed, you should give it a try. Have dinner around 6ish and then just lie back and watch the sky until it's dark.
Wow.
After we had dinner, we laid on our backs on the blanket and just watched the sky. We watched sparrows chasing bugs. We watched the sky darken and the clouds turn pink. Then the bats came out and we watched them fly all around chasing insects while we cheered them on.
At one point, Iagoe said "I want to change the channel" so he flipped around to face the opposite direction.
And we just chatted about nothing in particular. We talked about things we did as kids, stuff that we've done together, a little about politics (very little politics tho). We talked about what we thought the different clouds looked like. We watched the dragon flies. I never even knew we had such HUGE dragon flies because I never looked up. We have some that are probably 4 inches in length.
We made bad jokes, we laid next to each other and said nothing, just watching the sky and looking at how the sun gleams off the tree tops as it sets.
It was absolutely wonderful.
Then I got to thinking that we used to do that years ago. When I was a kid. Before cable tv and computers. We'd just sit outside in the evenings and watch it get dark. I hadn't realized how much I missed that 'quiet time' with nature until tonight.
Our culture seems to get us all in such a hurry. I forgot the sky existed. Tonight I rediscovered the sky and the birds and the bats and the dragonflies and the clouds. And it was glorious.
Next time you're feeling overwhelmed, you should give it a try. Have dinner around 6ish and then just lie back and watch the sky until it's dark.
Wow.