Colourfully Filled With Colour On Day 25

T went out before I got up and so I lay in bed and leisurely let the morning approach me making the most of the peace and quiet, feeling restful and ok.

Took the dog out, it is much cooler, he seems much better today, I'm glad. We walked a bit further than I intended and I took him to the field where he even ran a bit ! for the first time in ages .. there were lots of tiny downy feathers which I picked up.



Was I really there today .. mostly I did not even remember it was project day, it was just like another dog walk .. I could be pissed off about that, I am not .. today .. it is what it is .. I can forgive and move on.

I showered and made my way for a massage, where I let go again into the deep caress of my muscles. I lay on the table taking in every moment of the touch, every circle around every muscle. I wish I could have massage everyday because it makes me feel so good. Feeling relaxed and completely peaceful, I made my way home, I ambled slowly to Native American Indian Chanting. I sat to have lunch and a cup of tea .. I have not yet 'made' a mandala and I can be with that and it's ok too. Today the massage has been my first mandala.

I did not expect what happened next and I'd like to think it happened because of the peaceful and relaxed space I find myself in following the massage. I sat and many, many colourful mandalas poured out of me .. one after another onto my paper, some of them, very pleasing, all of them at least on the better side of ok ! Then there were words and finally - INSPIRATION .. I think the secret was in the 'Crayola Twistables' !



T came home to have some lunch, he babbled constantly on and on like he does, mainly about bees, I said 'hmmmm' and 'really' a few times obviously in the right places .. then he went back out to visit M.

I found myself singing 'The Arms Of Orion' which I haven't heard for ages and so I put on the Prince CD. I made another mandala which tried to be an expression of the massage, interesting that it was the first one today I 'tried' to do and it was rubbish.

Then I sit with some photos of Poulstone, Deepeners and mandalas I have made .. I cut them into circles and I mount them in a circle in a frame .. it looks great .. I surround the circles with stars punched from the same photos .. it looks just like a scrapbook page !!

I put the Maverick Soundtrack on the stereo and am moved as always by the song 'Solitary Traveler' .. I was sitting, singing at the top of my voice when T returned !

I prepared and cooked tea and we ate. I retire to my room to make a thank you card for some scrapbooking stuff I was given and a card for P, just because ..

I come to bed and my lower back feels very tight and is aching again, I do the stretches that L showed me, the breeze from my window brings my colour filled and much more successful day to a pleasant end.