No Foolin' Here

 "Are you foolin' me?" 

 I chuckled to myself

 as I looked out the  upstairs window

 of the sleeping porch. 

 The redbone coon hound pup

had perched himself on the

 "seesaw"

 or "teetertotter"

 or the "up and down thingy"

 of the play set. 

 Yeah, what do you call that thing? 

Have you ever seen a dog on a playground?

 Well, there he sat, pretty as could be. 

He had scooted the board sideways and off track.

 He seemed quite proud of his accomplishment. 

 He saw me taking his picture too,

 and slowly looked away,

 modestly,

 then slowly back again.

No I'm not foolin'.

 

  I was overjoyed to see

 that there is green grass peeking through

all the brown in the lawn!
How does that happen?
The earth has been frozen solid for weeks
and yet the roots revive with the slightest hint of warmth and sun.
 

For about "five glorious seconds" I could almost believe

that Spring is just around the corner!

 That's no foolin' either!

Soon we will be doing more

 than walking back and forth

 across the floor boards of the porch,
from the door to the steps
and the steps to the door,

 as the temperature warms up

 so will the awesome conversations we have here.

 

 Someone,

 the other day, was asking about my blog.

Why I've been silent they wanted to know.

 

I overheard my husband's response.

"Well,"

 he said, 

 "she hasn't been gone because she wants to be gone. 

 And it's certainly not because she's been sitting around doing nothing."

 

ah I LOVE him...I'm gonna keep him

 

My husband says to tell everything!

 

No foolin'.

 

What do you do when the ideas won't stop?

Your brain is full?

well sort of

Your heart is full?

yes certainly

The stories keep coming?

Life keeps happening?

 

There is so much adventure

and sorrow

and joy

and insight

and love

 

and highs

and lows

and change

 

and above it all a place of

quiet Peace.

 

What do you think about it all?