THE SOUNDS OF HOME~

As I lie in bed...

 the wind howls and the house shakes...upon waking at dawn I notice  the shadow of tree limbs dancing across my bedroom wall...Don Juan and Ramon... my two roosters... announce the new day...a reminder for me to get out of bed...but not this day...Mr. Dog Trot...God bless him... is on duty. While lying in bed it is interesting to note the familiar sounds of one's home which you routinely ignore and take for granted...I hear Winslow Homer snoring happily asleep in front of the wood stove...I stare at an ant walking across the bedroom floor...Sadie Mae flies up and down the stairs... I instantly realize she has been into the catnip...Mr. Dog Trot cracks freshly gathered eggs for his morning breakfast...  I hear a click...knowing he has remembered to turn off  the kitchen stove burner... sleigh bells hung on the backdoor will  jingle as Mr. Dog Trot goes about his day...I rest...nap...dream...I dream of a brick walkway...one of which leads from  the front door of the homestead to the stone wall...something I have envisioned for quite some time...perhaps this dream will come true...Mr. Dog Trot wants me well...due to the fact that me lying in bed day dreaming is just adding to "our" "to do" list...and costing him money...but I receive a bouquet of tulips and an "I hate when you get sick" anyway...Soon it will be time for football...time for Tom Brady and the New England Patriots...I will be put on the back burner...I don't mind, I can daydream some more...GO PATS...