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I'm trying to get back here before I forget how to do it.
I guess it's like riding a bike or swimming, the body remembers. And I hope the mind does too...
It's quiet here now. The alertness doesn't go away. Always ready, and yet, it's a great joy to shower as long as you want and drive on the roads whenever you want.
Yesterday I saw a large flock of storks, they make all the way here and it's a sign that winter is coming.
The storks are not angry with us and have nothing against us, they just come because that's how nature intended.
It's still very hot here and the air conditioners are on from morning to evening. I miss the rain.
Father's Day in this country is tomorrow Sunday, while the second day of New Year is next Sunday. My Australian grandchildren, bless their hearts, will be able to eat and drink themselves to a standstill, and celebrate with their parents and grandparents. I wish my grandson in Israel was able to, as well.
ReplyDeleteShana tova to you and yours.
I can understand your sorrow and also the joy that your close family brings you. Shana Tova.
DeleteI am pleased to see you back here again and to hear that things are calmer at the moment.
ReplyDeleteNature carries on regardless - whatever we may be doing to the world.
Thank you Jaycee. Yes, there is something comforting and encouraging about it, that at least nature is stable, more or less.
DeleteIt is so good to hear from you again.I hope things will stay calmer and more normal for you.
ReplyDeleteHilde in Germany
Thank you Hilde, good to see you here too.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad the storks came back and their lives continue as they should.
ReplyDeleteI hope your life continues peacefully too. You've got a lot to recover from.
It's amazing how you can live on two levels at the same time, on the one hand the horror we lived in for so long and on the other hand life that seemed to be going on as normal in everyday life, thank you Linda.
ReplyDeleteHi!! Happy R.S. New Year next week! Hopefully it’s the beginning of a good thing. Make some noise!
ReplyDelete(We’re learning the holidays properly in my course this year.)
Hello Viking, I'm glad to see you here. Indeed, this weekend is Rosh Hashanah. Lots of good food and hopes.
ReplyDeleteTo see the storks must be so remarkable. Birds are fantastic and bigger birds are doubly so. Thinking of you from California. x
ReplyDeleteThank you Bea, the storks return to the same place every year, I always see them even at the end of winter parked there on their way to Europe. It's a wonder to me.
DeleteIn France we used to see the Cranes flying overhead, going south. I always felt quite emotional seeing them go, and the same when they returned. Storks and Canes are quite similar (aren't they?).
ReplyDeleteCranes and storks are not the same thing, but it is true that there is something about their wanderings and constancy that inspires wonder and excitement.
DeleteI'm glad things have calmed down a bit, even if you must still keep alert. It's nice to know that nature's cycles continue (the storks) amid all our human conflicts.
ReplyDeleteTrue, something about the cyclical regularity of things gives some security in our chaotic world.
ReplyDeleteIt is heartening to hear from you, Yael. Where I live in the coastal Pacific Northwest, flocks of Canada Geese are beginning their journey south. There is something heartening, too, about the long journeys so many migrating birds make -- something we can count on each year.
ReplyDeleteYesterday I saw them again on my way on the road, and I still wonder how they manage to get here every year.
DeleteYou are always in my thoughts dearHeart
ReplyDeleteSame here.
DeleteIt's lovely to see you back!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sara.
DeleteIt's so good to have you back Yael!
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