{"id":32723,"date":"2013-10-11T14:08:55","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T18:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=32723"},"modified":"2015-07-21T12:40:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T17:40:51","slug":"an-ever-widening-expansive-view-in-the-wonderland-i-live-and-work-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/an-ever-widening-expansive-view-in-the-wonderland-i-live-and-work-in\/","title":{"rendered":"An ever widening, expansive view in the wonderland I live and work in"},"content":{"rendered":"

A busy day! Clearing the in box of administrative work, computer and phones updated, I just measured and cut 3 pieces of wood and drilled holes and fastened them to my office window frame to create a shelf for the squirrels and birds to sit and eat seeds and watch me work. I love having extra wood at home to make stuff with! \u00a0I redirected the bulb on the\u00a0security lamp that shines into the west woods, so when I work at night I can watch the critter parade. \u00a0I took down the storm shutter \u00a0to open the view. I usually leave it up since it helps block the oak and pine deadfall on windy, stormy days, but the barred windows do a good job of that. <\/span><\/p>\n

Moving up from Miami in 1983, I naturally assumed every new home would have burglar bars… I learned ours isn’t a high crime area but the bars do a good job of \u00a0keeping the branches from breaking a windowpane during a storm. \u00a0Right now there are 2 squirrels foraging on the ground outside the window, and a lone armadillo emerging from the west woods. \u00a0I pulled up about a mile of ferns on the pathway to the firepit, so they are likely getting whatever grubs and worms I exposed. \u00a0The circle of life is always evident in my yard. Right outside my office window, at eye level is a giant philodendron and right now there is a pair of cardinals in it, speaking to eat other. \u00a0They are 3 feet away from the bird bath where the doves are cooing and imbibing, I can hear their wings fluttering. \u00a0It’s a wonderland living here, working here. Someone asked the other day where’d I go for vacation. I guess I stopped thinking of my job and my life as something I’d need a vacation from. If I live in Paradise, where would I want to go?<\/span><\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0 Last evening at the firepit
\n<\/a>Roughing it in my own woods<\/a>
\n<\/a>I spent full moon night out under the stars<\/a>
\nWinter Solstice at the firepit<\/a>
\nSpirit told me to ask Jane if she had a tent for me and she did<\/a>
\nCamping In My Woods Defrags My Stress <\/a>
\nA New Crop Of Baby Hawks and the Bonfire Metaphor<\/a>
\nNew Year’s Eve camping at the firepit; a flame meditation<\/a><\/p>\n

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