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Horse in the House! (extraordinary moments)

8/30/2011

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Extraordinary moments happen everyday. It's just that we don't always have our eyes open enough to notice them! I like breaking the word down into 'extra' and 'ordinary' - it emphasises the normality of such moments, while retaining the idea that they are somehow.....special.
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Our big chestnut Jester has been on lawnmowing duty around the house over the last few days, so we awoke this morning to find him peeking in through the kitchen window. We opened the door, chopped up an apple, and hey presto! A horse in the house! (I only recommend this with horse that you know really well and that don't spook easily - for obvious reasons.) Needless to say all of us (horse included) had pretty big apple juice coated smiles on!!!
A surreal, fun, comfortable and all round extraordinary moment. In fact, I think I'm going to start a page devoted to moments like this. Stay tuned....
As spring has been, well, springing, I have been spending a bit of time in the garden weeding, mulching and prepping for a big plant out soon of all the spring/summer vegies. It's just sooooo good being out there, sun shining, bees humming, birds twittering (yes 'twitter' is something birds did way before us), earth smelling, oxygen absorbing...you get the idea.
My other extraordinary moment occurred while hunting snails to feed to the chooks. I collected the snails, put them in a bucket and then glanced down at them, and wham! bam! I was transfixed by their slow, graceful brown ballet of glistening antennae, spiral shells and ability to defy gravity....so beautiful. I had a moment of compassion for all living things, of turmoil at feeding them to the hulking chickens, of true appreciation and gratitude for their small slimy lives.
Extraordinary moments people. Slow down a little and you'll notice them EVERYWHERE!
xoxoxo
PS Click 'play' below for an extraordinary song by Joel Plaskett......
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Trini
8/31/2011 12:12:00 pm

That's so great!!

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