Whoops!
I hope this makes you smile!
An indulgent Saturday morning lie in makes me feel lazy and a tad guilty. My head starts to fill with a long list of must’s and should’s as I pad around the bed to draw back the curtains. On my way I’m aware this morning feels different. The house is warm because of course the heating has had a chance to kick in. A sense of a lighter heart starts to flow into my awareness as I reach for the curtain…..
It’s bright outside! It’s dry!
In a year when we’ve had more rain in the past 6 months than on record in the UK, this feels like something to celebrate.
I swoosh the curtain around the track (it’s a bay window) and the room is filled with bright light. It’s going to be a nice day!
In my brain new thoughts flood in shoving those should’s right out of the way. Optimism rising, plans forming, it’s a day to get outside.
The light on the front of the houses opposite is steely sharp and cold. The rooves patterned with frost that’s settled in the troughs of the tiles. But it’s the slices of golden light cutting through and lighting the gable ends of the houses that make my heart sing. The brickwork glows bright orange in contrast to the cool front exteriors and twirls of smoke gently rise into the air from the odd chimney.
For just a moment, I am a child again. Transported back to living in a Suffolk village and seeing such a view for just those few seconds where there was total peace in my mind. Memories from a long time ago.
And then
I realise to my horror,
I am standing in my peace in my bedroom window in just a PJ top and knickers! I scuttle back to bed and my brew!