on being a realist
I think I was born sensible & responsible. I am a realist too *although I am also a romantic. Take for instance - Simple Abundance - February's joyful simplicities - star gazing - oh how I would love to do what Sarah suggests and go lie on a blanket on the lawn and look up into the sky and stargaze - but the sensible realist in me tells me that is a riduculous thing to do here right now - you see, it is funnel web time here in Australia - the time when the males go wandering looking for a mate. And they aren't shy when it comes to humans, let me tell you !
Don't get me wrong - I love Sarah and I love Simple Abundance and I absolutley adore trying all her wonderful suggestions about making life lovely but just sometimes even my inner child won't even do the stuff she suggests. So I will just have to improvise, won't I ? hmmm let me think. A trip to the local observatory maybe?
Don't get me wrong - I love Sarah and I love Simple Abundance and I absolutley adore trying all her wonderful suggestions about making life lovely but just sometimes even my inner child won't even do the stuff she suggests. So I will just have to improvise, won't I ? hmmm let me think. A trip to the local observatory maybe?
posted by Miss Robyn | 10:36 pm
9 Comments:
That spider looks so wicked...yuck!!!! I hope you have a wonderful day today no matter what you may do!
Hugs to you,
Mindy
It seems that every beautiful place on earth has its horrors! I had never heard of the funnel web spider before.
Perhaps you should give it a miss then - I wouldn't like to think of you being terrorised by a funnel web! I hate spiders at the best of times, let alone when they are deadly. Gives me the willies just thinking about it!
I too, will not be trying this suggestion right now, but sometimes it's nice to go out in the late afternoon and gaze at the clouds and patterns in the sky.
All I can say is yuck to the spiders. I'd hesitate before slinging myself out on the grass too.
But other suggestions for living the abundant life are worth a look-see!
Um, I think it is good to be a realist when there is a real and present danger around. Goodness, I wouldn't be lying on the lawn if there were funnelwebs around either! To be totally honest there is no way that I would do it here anyway, and there is one reason for that - Cane Toads - I have a morbid and oppressive phobia of them that makes me mental during the balmy nights of the summer months. So, I think a trip to the observatory is a fantastic idea - that, or get a skylight put in? hehe.
The book sounds great though - I think I'll have to find a copy.
Um, I just looked at the spider site you sent us to and found out that they are sometimes found in my suburb - the Gap (I had absolutely no idea we had them in Qld). Thanks Robyn, no truly - now I'll be terrified of toads and funnelwebs! Argh!
LOL! I can't get over people (probably 90% of the human race) being so scared of spiders. They are such tiny little critters, and some of the webs they spin are works of art. People keep animals like bull terriers and other dogs known to be temperamental, which kill and maim a lot more people than spiders - but the same person will run a mile from a spider! I have a healthy respect for them - that is I leave them well alone, and no, I wouldn't be lying around on the grass in NSW or Queensland, either!
We have our own spiders lurking around everywhere here. I am always careful around the plants and woodpile and am sure I wouldn't want to lay down to look at stars as I would be woundering what was crawling on me! Could you get a ladder and climb up on the roof? That would be a nice place to view the stars.
can you hear me screaming?? no? the rest of my street can when I read your post - lol!
I had a huntsman inthe car the other day - i gave him a lift to the shops and left him there - I managed to throw him onto the road with a shoe without hurting him..brave ol me! actaully peggy had a good idea there!
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