Slow down

Some days, life just seems to be slightly out of synch, doesn't it?  I'm just emerging from a couple of days like that, where I couldn't quite get into step with what I should do or wanted to do, when anything I tried to engage with was clearly not willing to co-operate, and where my mind was anywhere except where I'd like it to have been.  On those days, I simply have to slow down, dig a bit deeper, grit my teeth and persevere, in the knowledge that the feeling will pass and I'll find my way back to the path I was on - or sometimes accept an alternative path that proves to be just as good.  

I have picked up, and then put down again, several sewing projects, none of which I seemed able to get going with.  A walk into town for a specific item resulted in not being able to find what was needed, so that project was then put to one side to join another which had also been abandoned almost before I had started.  But this morning, after a good night's sleep (which was so needed, and much appreciated), I lay in bed watching the sun rise into a bright blue sky and knew this day would be better.  And it has been.

Seeds have been planted - chillies, tomatoes, peppers and squash, and basil in their little 'greenhouses';

models finished;

Washing has dried completely outside - always good for the soul.

An unexpected trip to the pigs with little grand-daughter;

And a lovely couple of hours spent with a good friend; sometimes a chat over a coffee is just exactly what's needed to put things right.  

Perhaps I needed to take a bit of time out from trying to achieve results - lists, projects, whatever - and just take what the day has to offer.  Slow down, enjoy the simple things, look for beauty around me, it's there to be found if I look:

And tomorrow?  Well, I'll take it as it comes.