Precious Time....

It's hot again today.....

But then, it IS summer, isn't it? And that's how summer is: hot. I did some chores this morning, before it got too warm, and now I am daydreaming. That's it, just daydreaming. I do that a lot. My mind always wanders off, to interesting places, mostly.

And most of the time, it does come back to me. I like being able to “see” things in my head. Being able to rearrange a room, or pick out a paint color, or imagine the blooms that will come from the seeds I am planting. I love planting seeds, too.

Thinking and planting. They seem to go together. At least, they do to me. Sometimes the seed is planted in my brain and I let my brain run with it. Thoughts are cheap, and much easier to build than in reality. And so, I think, and plant, and build.

In my brain.

Today, I'm covering windows. In my brain, that is. I want to be able to block the hot afternoon sun, then let the sunset in. Close the view to the darkness of night, then let the early morning sun fill the room.

Reality got in there, somehow, too. I measured the windows that I want to cover. The little sticky note, with those measurements, is going in my purse. And then, what is in my brain can direct what happens in real life. Maybe.

Perhaps it isn't so good to be able to imagine things the way I do. Reality has a way of not looking quite as good as the picture in my head. Or maybe I just need to learn to accept reality as my best attempt at recreating my dreams.

Does reality need to imitate my dreams? Probably not. I figure, if I'm going to dream, dream BIG. Reality is a little more expensive and BIG isn't always possible. Like my windows: the plan has been to replace them with dual pane windows, then have wooden blinds made. That's been the plan for oh, about three years.

But first, I need a roof. And then the house has to be painted. But first, it needs to have the plaster repaired. Then paint. And new trees out front. And then a new sprinkler system. And more flowers and shrubs in the front, too.

There's always something that needs to be done, and something else that needs to be done first. Old houses are like that: they need attention. And things need to be fixed. Or replaced. But first, I try to fix what is already there.....and that takes time. Precious time.

Time when I could be daydreaming.....