day sit with the boy and the dog. (seems to be routine now that we do the sits together, so let's just assume they're with me during my sits from now on, and i'll note if they're not.)
glorious day, sun everywhere, blue sky everywhere, warmth in the air, earth uncovering, streams running over the land and carrying the snow underground. more and more mole/vole tunnels appearing. the hollows of their tunnels have shown up, joining their mounds of excavated soil.
the vegetable garden is awakening, the garlic poking its head up, the raspberry canes emerging from the snow.
the whole world seemed to be bustling with mechanical human activity today. much of my sensing was inundated with these doings; my eyes saw the lull being worked next door and the cars and trucks going by, my nose smelled the diesel from various machines, my ears heard trucks, the lull, table saws. i couldn't hear any birds because of the ruckus, and my brain was so concerned with the human activities that i didn't see any, either. i tuned in to the movement of the breeze moving the branches only when i wanted the boy to see them moving - it triggered me to watch them myself.
realized today that the building of the house behind ours will not only disrupt the animals' lives and our privacy, but also my ability to sense the natural world, since it will undoubtedly generate as much noise at times as the next-door lull and saws did today.
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