Sun is peeping through the clouds now after a right downpour, thunder and lightning.

The sewing machine is still out. I've unearthed more fabrics that I didn't know I had and paper patterns. With some patterns you need to add seams , some you don't. Some are the wrong size and I can't be bothered with alterations. Iron needed to smooth out paper patterns as well as fabric... snip , snip .....careful....cut on the fold....zig zag edges,thread needles ...remember right sides together .... Chaos reigns for another few days till I've got this out of my system and hopefully some new clothes to wear. I hate shopping for clothes.. hence the "bohemian" look

Break over .... hope you are enjoying your Monday

One of the advantages of being single is sharing my big bed with books. Inspiration at every turn should insomnia strike; it seldom does. I sleep surrounded by books and my journal so that I can catch a thought or dream by its tail and write it down as soon as it happens.

On waking this morning " The Power of Now " by Eckhart Tolle opened up as I picked it up and I read :

"Picking up "The Power of Now" again , reading and taking it in , all new and fresh in the moment. I notice I got the book 6 years ago, 2002. How time flies.

" Wherever you are, be there totally .....Waiting is a state of mind . Basically it means that you want the future : you don't want the present.You don't want what you've got.

With every kind of waiting you unconsciously create inner conflict between your here and now,where you don't want to be ,and the projected future , where you want to be . This greatly reduces the quality of your life by making you lose the present."
-- Eckhart Tolle

" So next time someone says 'sorry to have kept you waiting ' you can reply " That's all right . I wasn't waiting . I was just standing here enjoying myself - in joy in my self."

--Eckhart Tolle

No more waiting

I'm simply here and now