Back-to-School

I had mostly forgotten what this time of year was like when parents and kids are frantic to buy all of the school supplies they need before the first day back.  "Look Mom, pencils for 10 cents!"  "I want book socks!"  And seeing some of the kids  pull on their parents' hands to rush into the aisles, and then other parents pulling their kids along while everyone is after the same supplies. 

I feel this event is like Christmas in the department store.  Because at the end of the night, after the door has been locked, and we turn around to face the mess, we are in awe of how torn apart the store has become.  And we know that regardless of how perfect we make it right now, it will be this way again tomorrow.

Watching the wild

A few days ago I noticed a cute yellow and black bird hopping around my yard.  Today, while writing the beginning to the fourth chapter in my book, I saw the same bird again perched on the electrical wires connected to my house.  It makes me want to go out right now and get a bird feeder and hang it from the ginormous tree in my front yard.

Who knew I would become such an avid bird watcher?

I never really could get into people watching, but for some reason bird watching really fascinates me.

searching

Like a needle in the hay stack...

Though, the way I heard it...it would be like searching the corners of the earth with a lit candle.