{"id":2613,"date":"2009-04-14T07:05:49","date_gmt":"2009-04-14T12:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=2613"},"modified":"2009-04-14T07:05:49","modified_gmt":"2009-04-14T12:05:49","slug":"finding-satisfaction-in-watching-wildlife-as-i-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/finding-satisfaction-in-watching-wildlife-as-i-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding satisfaction in watching wildlife as I work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, April 14, 2009. <\/em> Yesterday was really a busy day for me as I worked on final layout of the May Horizons Magazine<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 I took several breaks to run around the yard putting out black oil sunflower seeds for the cardinals who are nesting in the bush next to my back porch.\u00a0 At lunchtime, I sat on the porch watching the mama cardinal on the nest and saw two young raccoons scarfing up the sunflower seeds in broad daylight.\u00a0 Well, not so broad daylight under the mulberry tree where there is such deep shade, but I usually don\u2019t see the raccoons until sundown.\u00a0 It was like dinner theater as I watched dozens of little finchy wrens descend upon the mulberry tree. I had the sprinkler going to water in new cuttings, and it was hitting the lower branches. These little birds – whatever they are – were taking turns bathing in the sprinkler. The cats were yards away, looking at them, transfixed.\u00a0 There had to be 3-4 dozen of them.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Just outside my office window is a giant philodendron next to a birdbath, and the birds usually line up on the branches until it\u2019s their turn at the bath.\u00a0 The papa cardinal stands shrieking on the branches waiting for the doves to leave.\u00a0 He is such a blabbermouth. Mama cardinal is like “just shut up and bring me some seeds and feed them to me already.”<\/p>\n

Last night\u2019s menu was yet another veggie stirfry, my fave.\u00a0 Jasmine brown rice with onion, ginger, carrot and red pepper. I like using vegetables like peppers and brussels sprouts and eggplant as a main dish. It keeps the pounds off also.\u00a0 I also tossed some fresh green beans into the remainder of my homemade bean soup.<\/p>\n

I took my proofreading out into the living room about 9pm and fell asleep about midnight in my chair.\u00a0 I got up about 2am and went to bed and stayed there until 6am.\u00a0 After my morning meditation, I walked back into the living room and saw the leftovers from last night\u2019s debauchery: an apple core, half a dozen loquat seeds, 2 empty water bottles, a crumpled napkin, an empty spinach bag.\u00a0 Well, at least it wasn\u2019t beer cans and overflowing ashtrays.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m having some of my vegetable bean soup for breakfast and getting ready to get into my day.\u00a0 I just re-read this and thought, well this is kind of a lame blog post.\u00a0 But is it?\u00a0 Is it lame to find fun and satisfaction in doing the little daily things I do?\u00a0 I don\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n

If I do this every day for the rest of my life, well, then I will have had a fun and satisfying life.\u00a0 You can\u2019t beat that.
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