I've been stuck inside. I had a massive allergic reaction to medication last week, and now I am laid up due to knee surgery. So these last two weeks, I've gotten to experience nature in my favorite way: through a window. :)
Sadie likes it. For the first time in a while, she is out of her crate during the day, during the week, and the sun shines through the back window almost all day. She follows it as it arcs across my floor, lazing around. She almost never sleeps in front of me, and so it is a treat for me as well. She makes little noises every so often, and jerks her legs. I like to pretend she is chasing the rabbits from the back yard in her dreams. I hooked her up to a long lead and let her outside last week, so she could laze against the warm ground. She sat at the door and cried until I let her back in. She promptly curled up on the carpet, in the sun.
The rabbits from the back yard have been enjoying the weather as well. There seem to be more of them now, as tends to happen, I guess. I counted three or four outside by the bushes, and another one was sitting right next to my car in the front yard. I stood at the door on my crutches for a few minutes, and it watched me out of the corner of its eye, little nose twitching. It was getting somewhat late, and was a little dark, and it seemed really chill. We looked at each other for a while, and then I shut the front door and hobbled back to my recliner.
Somehow, Sadie missed that rabbit, but saw the cat two yards over and went nuts at the window for a good 20 minutes. When the cat cut through the back yard a little while later, Sadie leaned on her hind legs and whined.
There was a squirrel that was climbing on my fence for about 20 minutes. It sat there on top, not moving very much, which I think is a feat for a squirrel. It was just kind of enjoying the sun and the view, i guess, since . No birds came to bother it, and Sadie didn't seem to mind it there. I dozed off, and when I woke up, it was gone.
The people are starting to come out of hibernation, too. All week I have heard lawn mowers and leaf blowers going, an almost constant background noise. My lawn, so painstakingly cut two Fridays ago, is almost a jungle again. I can see those purple things sticking up in the dip in my lawn, and some dandelions are sprouting as well. On Sunday someone knocked at my door and offered to mow my lawn for $20. I almost took them up on it, but I noticed they didn't have a lawn mower with them, and decided it was a scam.
I've been woken by birds every morning for the last two weeks. I've slept downstairs, in my recliner, and this morning I got to see the sky change from pitch black to streaks of pink to full on blue with puffy white clouds. Today my dad will mow my lawn. This is my kind of nature.
This is something you should consider exploring, the idea that you not only have a psychological desire to experience nature from the inside-out, but your body gives you a real, physical necessity for doing so.
ReplyDeleteOh gosh! It seems that simple things often never turn out quite so simple. Are you feeling better?
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting what you see outside when you're home during the week. I enjoyed your approach to this. You're making due with what you can and your whole tone is resigned. Rabbits are multiplying, naturally, Sadie sleeps in the sun, your lawn keeps growing and you're observing all from your recliner. I smiled. :)