Wow....whattta day......
Started at the crack of pre-dawn, as any day does..... Listened to my rooster crow at what? like 5:30 a.m. and by 7 was in the paddocks feeding some 30 horses. Yup, this is the good old farmin' slash cowboy mystique here... I'm sucking down a coffee hoping to pull those bedraggled brain cells into a functioning sense of cohesiveness from the pint of moonshine I consumed the night before.. .
But you know what ? As I watch that sun break the horizon, and as the silence envelops me. I know there's no where else I'm supposed to be. Well, silence ? there's a symphony out there if one has the mind to listen to it.. To be aware of it all.. The easterlies, the winds play the background as the birds begin to harmonize.. There's even a song from the miles of wire fencing as the wind caresses it. As the cattle and horses begin to sense my presence, they chime in with their own complimentary melodies. Finally the sun strikes the clouds with colors and rays only heavenly in description, and while out there one gets the feeling that they are completely alone, and yet at the same time one with all things. No one to spoil it with thought or distractions.
Yeah... I spent most of the rest of the day hanging out with Mike. He's this English guy who immigrated to Oz some 2 years back with his Mrs. He's smart... that common sense smart sort that can't be learned, one just either has it or they don't. He does dentistry on equine..horses. So he and I worked on some horses and fixed a bunch of floating problems.. A day well spent I reccon. I mean.. I helped some animals feel better, and one should never underestimate the greatness of a day that doesn't come with some traumatic injury attached to it.. I never do.
So now I'm gonna sit back...listen to some music out here on the veranda on my lonesome... Have some of my home made whiskey, and might do some singing practice for my gig at the pub this friday next. I'll think about tomorrows day long ordeal assiting in surgery...well tomorrow *L*
Tonight though... I just want to "Save a horse, Ride a cowboy".........
Oh...I lucked in on something yesterday.... a friend gave me a video of his he'd never watched... It was called something like "meetings with extraordinary men" and SURPRISE ! it was all about Gurdjieff's younger life. I don't think Luke knows who he is, hell most folks probably don't, but it was a rare treat and I savored it greatly... *nods* I shall thank him when he comes out to back me up with guitar on Friday eve.... Who doesn't like a whirling Dervish ? I mean really ?
*Wanders back to the porch and sips a shot*
'Nite folks........... Tash.
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