The Office
The urgent, repeated call of a Pileated Woodpecker makes me turn my head and look. The maple tree in the yard is bared to the bone, exposing our neighbor’s red garage in the distance. Joe’s soaking his foot that he injured in a soccer game. Notebooks and catalog pages full of possible Christmas presents flap in the breeze. “I thought Indian Summer was for October,” I say to Joe, peeling off my jacket. Scanning the sea of leaves in our yard, our eyes simultaneously land on the bird feeder, dangling empty. Each of us hopes that the other will get up and fill it. The phone rings and Joe takes the call.
Just another day at the office, I suppose.
Post notes: That's Joe and I working on the talk we were set to give at the local library on grief and loss. More on that in a future post. Now, it's off to the polls.
Comments
Great photo!! I'd love to jump in there and relax with you guys.
Posted by: teahouseblossom | November 3, 2008 10:03 PM
But can't you see how hard we are working?!
Posted by: colleen | November 3, 2008 10:07 PM
You have a lovely office!!
Posted by: kenju | November 4, 2008 12:38 AM
Don't you just love those crisp, sunny autumn days?!
Posted by: June | November 4, 2008 7:35 AM
The photo was taken on one of those crisp days but was written yesterday when it was even warmer.
Posted by: colleen | November 4, 2008 7:37 AM
Now *that's* what I call an office with a view.
Posted by: Jennifer | November 4, 2008 7:38 AM
It looks like your porch vacation moved to the yard, all the better to enjoy the rain of leaves falling, I suppose. Did you have to fill the bird feeder?
Posted by: susan | November 4, 2008 7:54 AM
Our roles are well-defined. My husband usually is the one to fill the feeder and I am the one to nag (remind) him to do it! Love the way you moved out the walls on the old workplace.
Posted by: Tabor | November 4, 2008 8:30 AM
Sadly, the bird feeder is still empty. I guess that says a lot about the pace of life around here.
Posted by: colleen | November 4, 2008 9:22 AM
I'm jealous of your office. Especially with that bright, blue sky!! Go Obama!!
Posted by: Poe | November 4, 2008 12:07 PM
It looks like a BEAURIFUL DAY in Floyd...And how wonderful that you have this kind of Weather for Election Day....!
A most esciting day, isn't it, Colleen? I pray Our Guy WINS!
I want to wake up tomorrow and be able to breath a deep sigh of relief! Time will tell.
Posted by: OldOldLady Of The Hills | November 4, 2008 1:56 PM
I love your office!!!
Posted by: Sara | November 4, 2008 3:24 PM
I like your office better than mine. ox
Posted by: Sherry | November 4, 2008 5:50 PM
Yours is your car, right?
Posted by: colleen | November 4, 2008 6:14 PM
Nice moment in the life.
Spacious office.
Posted by: Pearl | November 5, 2008 4:17 PM