Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Early Days....

Early days, the bittersweet stirrings of late summer and the harvest season...

Dawn skies in August are a fetching shade of violet, crinkled like crepe paper with rose and gold along their edges, high fluffy streaks of pink cloud from here to there and gossamer light touching everything with oro pallido, the pale lustrous gold that only visits the world at the beginning of day. One needs a very large brush to paint such sweeping confetti colored expanses, a wide angle lens that takes in all of the Old Wild Mother's creation.

How can one stay indoors on such a morning?   One cannot, and so Spencer and I went out to greet the new day together.  Barefoot, I sipped my tea thoughtfully, and my companion looked up at the sky and crooned softly, just as his big sister Cassie used to do on late summer mornings.   It is three years today since our darling girl passed beyond the fields we know and into the butterfly meadows beyond the bridge.

As we stood outside in sleepy wonder, thousands of geese were flying up from their night's rest on the river and out into the corn to feed - there were vast waves of joyous honking as they passed overhead and away to their breakfast in sun dappled fields. This is the music of August; this is "the music of what happens".

4 comments:

Cindy said...

That was beautiful, Cate. Just beautiful. Thank you so much, you dear kindred spirit. Have a wonderful week!

Guy said...

Hi Cate

Your words about the geese especially brought back happy memories.

Regards
Guy

Mystic Meandering said...

Nearly tears this morning with your description of Cassie's passing "beyond the fields we know." What a lovely description of "death." Felt the heart twinge with my own sadness, as our cat, Yoda, passed this month as well, Aug 26th, 2 years ago. I still grieve sometimes, remembering him who lived 19 1/2 years with us, my heart companion. It's hard even to look at pictures of him without sadness. But as you say, it's all the "music of what happens." yes...

Your description of the sky reminds of how important awareness is in our walk through life, paying attention and really *seeing* Something I am working more on lately. Really *seeing* what is...

Thank you Cate for sharing the music and the view...

Warm Heart Hugs this morning...
Christine

kerrdelune said...

I still miss my Cassie, and this is a difficult day to get through. She had such a huge heart, and she was such a fine loving companion.