wednesday OUCHies!!

when I went to shut the computer off the night before last

the lamp was shining on the thread I had on the desk

the room was in semi-darkness and it looked so pretty

so I took you a picture of what I saw

!!!!

I had been making a "tut" for the coasters I made a few days ago...

but left the example on the desk and forgot about it

 the shine and shadows reminded me to post it

which I will do

soon

today each and every joint I own is a little sore

leaf blowers and lawn mowers

and

rakes and shovels

haven't been in my repertoire of late

so those muscles are rebelling

and as it's going to rain today

I can take it easy and use the other muscles that don't hurt!!

if I can find one

LOOK at this!!!!!!!!!!

right above the front door

sat this little fellow

I went outside just to see all the work we did

and notice how much more has to be done

and

when I turned around

there he was

sitting on the gutter

with

his

eyes

CLOSED

fuzzy yes,

but you can see he is a little crooked as he takes a quick nap on the roof

he stayed there for quite a while

until a nasty noisy truck drove by

what a sweetie

he must have woken up too early

like me!!

I watched a short story this morning on NHK about the Japanese survivors

some of them are going back to where they live

and just getting on with it.

Mostly older folk who just can't understand what the delay is

and then some of the people who are in the shelters

and don't know what they're going to do

so many separated from family

 and it's so sad

 and heartwarming

to see them come together and help one another

but then again that's what we do

the young mothers so worried about the children

sharing one pastry, one bottle of water among three people

worrying that the kids aren't being nourished enough

and now the scare with the contaminated water and food



remains of a tombstone/from the guardian/gettyimages



the nuclear plant is one story

but the people is such a bigger one

the emotion is beginning to rise to the surface and it's heartbreaking

so long without so much

I was happy to see an "expert" say that the survivours need to talk about what happened to them

even if it's just amongst themselves

to sit and tell their story

but it looks like they only have time to survive

in conditions that are quickly deteriorating

they need rescuing all over again