It is a beautiful morning on the Oklahoma prairie. The wind is blowing, it is cloudy, the trees are getting green and my flowers show promise of living past the storms of last week. Of course, in Oklahoma we know that can all change in five seconds and - surely there will be no more snow this year!!
My dog, that rascal yellow lab named after one of our favorite foot ball teams, Sooner, is treeing squirrels and barking himself silly. He stands at the bottom of the tree and barks like crazy then takes a break to look at the squirrel as if to invite him down to play. Sure!! They don't fall for it. Then its back to barking. Sometimes it takes him awhile to figure out that the squirrel has hopped branches and is in the tree behind him, laughing at the silly land bound creature.
I know there are lots of mental and spiritual implications in all of that story. But today, I'm kicking back, at least in my head, and enjoying the beauty of the day and the simplicity of home and life.