September 3rd, 2012

This sweet picture of deer borrowed from the 'people on the meadow' in the Cariboo

who are fortunate to have these lovely wild meadow grasses

and tender wild four footed creatures to feed on them.

"Unnoticed,

the passage has occurred;

as I brood,

autumn dusk

dewdrops fall on my pillow.

The voices of insects

and the deer by the fence

as one,

disturb me to tears

this autumn dusk."

and this poem. written by 

Princess Shikishi

High Priestess of Kamo Shrine

d. 1201, Japan

 a wonderful environmental poetess whose voice echoes 

over the centuries.

A cool sunny day whose morning we have spent doing intricate things to the Roman Blind in our bedroom, -

quite an elegant curtain, but feckless in that it could not be relied upon to stay where it belonged,

and was forever falling down.......

Soon we will not have to lower it to keep the bedroom shaded from the afternoon sun -

we will, indeed, be glad of any afternoon sun as before Christmas comes

the sun will be setting behind the south-west hills and

will never shine on the Roman Blind again until spring arrives.

In the meantime we have these two marvelous months to enjoy -

September and October.

Blue skies, sunny days, wild skies, and glorious shades of fall.

Life is good....