Some days are just harder than others. All efforts to be productive have been met with distractions and my attention span is the size of a gnat!! This is the flip-side of the beauty of working from home. While I have the latitude to work casually dressed in tank top and shorts, I also have the opportunity to walk away from my work task too easily! For instance...to spend time watching kittens!
Our wild cat, Hijack, had kittens. We thought they would be under the house but, no, she had under the neighbor's house and only brought them home yesterday! They are 6 weeks old and we finally get to see them. So, they are the center of every conversation and email between my Honey and me today. I give him updates on kitten sightings. We amuse easily! There are six of the little cuties. Their mom, Hijack, is confident enough to come to front door to demand her food but still does not let us touch her. She gets closer than before not enough to be loving. We want the kittens to be socialized with people to stop the cycle of feral cats!
I passed by the front door once and was startled to see a little orange ball of fur sitting in the food bowl eating away! This was the first sighting on the front deck. Four are on ground level taking shelter under the deck which stands 10-15 feet from the ground. The other two are on the walkway level which is 3-4 feet off the ground. How that happened I do not know. They dash under the stairs when they think we are getting too close. Today, it was so cute to see the elevated two kittens peering over the edge watching the four ground level babies playing and tussling together. Me, I stood on the deck looking down on all of them and having a grand time!
Maybe life isn't so hard today after all. Perhaps my perspective needed an attitude adjustment. Maybe a day to just enjoy the miracle of life and wonderment of new kittens is more suited to a simple life on Hacienda Hill than I first considered. Yep, a simple life means taking the time to enjoy and appreciate to simple things around you. Work will always be there waiting and kittens will grow up too quickly. Take some time today to just revel in life and appreciate the blessings around you.
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