How would it be to truly live well?

What would it be like to live well? 

Would you have endless money? Drive a fast car? Live in a luxurious house? Never worry about where the next meal is coming from again? (but do you now anyway?) How much is too much? Are we already there in the land of plenty?

Would you grow things? Have animals? Live off the land? Touch the soil, follow nature's rhythms.  Be self sustaining perhaps? Would it be too hard, or too boring?

Or would you be happy just to have your loved ones beside you?  Would that be enough, in the long run? Would it be enough for them too?

Do you need to conquer, achieve, make your mark, rescue, change the world?

Is it hard, or easy, to choose?

Or maybe the chill life is the way to go? Not too much, and not too little....

How to Live well

Bread making, spinning, gardening, cats .... its all about this

Wet Muddy Paws

When your backyard looks like this after a bit of rain

 

 

and you have this many sets of paws

 

 

then all your floors look like this.

 

 

 

 

And I mean, ALL.  Beds too. Towels. Fresh washing, should you be so forgetful to leave any lying around.

As an aside...have you noticed the amount of personal space between each, at the breakfast setting? Wouldn't want to actually breath the same air now...

Weekend Alternative

 

This might have been a good option too, for a wet weekend with small sunny spots.  There's much to be learnt from cats, and animals in general.

 

If there is one spot of sun spilling onto the floor, a cat will find it and soak it up. ~J.A. McIntosh

The Last Roses of Autumn

“Feeling at peace, however fragilely, made it easy to slip into the visionary end of the dark-sight. The rose shadows said that they loved the sun, but that they also loved the dark, where their roots grew through the lightless mystery of the earth. The roses said: You do not have to choose. ”
― Robin McKinley, Sunshine