Yesterday was a beautiful spring day. A day to open up the house to the breeze.
A day to clean up the garden. Mostly pruning. Clipping low stuff, weeds and escaping vines, pruning middle-height shrubs, and even hacking at the high stuff: out came the tree saw on its long wobbly pole and, inevitably, the ladder. Soon I was up on the roof for overhanging tree branches, but also vigorously scrubbing at the greenhouse roof over part of my studio with the hose and a broom. Water everywhere.
I'd forgotten how wonderful it feels to be up on the roof!
Looking down on new-leafy trees; the scent of lime blossoms carried by the spring breeze up over the roof ridge; the bird's perch view! Seeing the neighborhood - more like toy houses from here - laid out in a secret-map of interlocking yards. An eagle's view.
Wonderfully refreshing - blows away mental cobwebs.
Need a break in your routine? Feel stale and need to freshen your designing? Try up on the roof.
Public domain image from publicdomainpicture.net
James Taylor singing "Up on the Roof HERE.
It's nice to have a cleaner skylight again. I get a better view of the sky now (and also of the under-carriages of birds and squirrels).
(ADDENDUM: A follow-up post HERE.)
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