Sunday Thoughts

Happy Sunday, I hope that you’ve all had a lovely week. I’m sitting in the quiet of the house. I love getting up before everyone else does, it’s the perfect way to start my day, just me, a cuppa, and ‘not our cat’ snuggled up on the sofa.

I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned ‘not our cat’, a few years ago a cat started coming into the house. It’s the fussiest cat that I’ve ever met, it won’t eat salmon or chicken, and prefers dry cat food – but not the fish flavours. It usually visits a few times a day, eats, sleeps, and goes back out again. I’ve no idea who it belongs to, but I quite like having a time-share cat. After vowing never to get another pet after we lost the dogs, it’s nice to have a furry friend back in the house again.

It’s a very foggy day today, the sun is trying to break through, and the sky is a faded golden colour. I’ve been for a short walk, mainly to look at the work that’s begun on putting a pavement from the village to the school. Work only started this week, but already the stone walls are down. I feel sorry for the creatures who used to live in the walls, and the plants that used to grow on them. But from a safety point of view the pavement is needed. The school is busier, and the road is dangerous.

It’s mostly been a good week. I was amazed by the amount of people who contacted me from my Sunday Thoughts post last week, people who have had similar experiences with name calling. Luckily there’s been nothing like that this week.

There are some things going on in the family. It’s been a worry knowing that there’s nothing that I can do about certain situations, but I have to hope that things will all work out. I’m quite a positive person, so I’m handing it over to the universe. I think most things in life happen when they are meant to, even though that can be very frustrating at the time.

I managed to get two trips out with the camera. The first was the amazing Manorhamilton Samhain Parade, my blog is limited to photos now, due to downgrading it to save money, but if you are on Facebook you can see them all there. It was an absolute credit to everyone involved, and so lovely to see the whole community involved, just the perfect event.

On Monday morning I had to pop into town. I always leave home early, because the traffic can get very bad, and I’d rather be in and wandering around, than sitting in a traffic jam. It was sunny when I left home, but as I was driving towards Sligo I could see a thick layer of mist. That’s my favourite weather, and I had the camera with me. I really am at my happiest when I’m behind the camera, and especially when I get a photo like the swan one above, I love it when I am at the right place at the right time.

The Monday morning photoshoot really set me up for the week, and put me in great form. It was made even better by a couple of people getting in touch to arrange meet-ups. It’s such a great feeling to know that someone is thinking about me, a little confidence boost.

I took a spin to Ballina yesterday, I wanted to visit The Yentl Way that I’d seen on Instagram, it’s a great little shop, with a mix of Irish products, and Asian treats. It’s well worth a visit, and they’ve opened another one in Westport.

I think that’s my week in a nutshell. Thanks so much for reading, and especially for commenting, it really does mean a lot.