Overcast skies oppose my mood. Although tired, I feel light, alive, satisfied. The children are playing peacefully, together, on the floor. They require no gadgets; they are merely satisfied with toy cars, board games and their imaginations.

Stress level is low and Jeopardy! will be on soon. If I could bite into a bit of chocolate, perhaps accompanied by a sip of a good Argentine Malbec, the day would be close to perfect.

Maybe next week.

Spring planting is about half done, which gives me great hope that winter will, once again, pass and the flowers will return. Imagine, I am thinking this only on the very first day of Autumn! Such is the downward pull I tend to feel at this time of the year, with the change of the light.

Now to feed the furriest four-pawed child and prepare for another early night.