Department of Futility?

I actually know that my efforts the past two days weren’t futile. I got the back yard and the front yard pretty much ready for the winter. I did the last mow of the lawn and got all the edges and weird growth patterns. I chopped back a couple of lower limbs that were making mowing difficult. I took care of the tree at the front of the property which I am going to be thinking of as the Fig Tree even though it is an oak because that’s where I found Figaro.

But this morning while the rain was pouring, I looked out over the back yard and saw the entire area covered in leaves. All that work seems to have come to naught. I do know better. There are fewer leaves than there would be if I hadn’t cleaned up the backyard. And it will be easier to take care of after everything dries out which won’t be today. Tomorrow isn’t looking much better either. Nor is Saturday. Sunday is a may be.

I have come to the conclusion that living is chaos or rather creates chaos. Living is not a close system. Things come into your life and leave your life. You may remember that before New York Comic Con I had gotten large chunks of the house spotless. Well not so much now. Post Halloween we have the comic book mess to deal with along with anything else that has entered this house. So today I am going to try to create order from chaos. And yes I do feel a like Sisyphus at times.

I am grateful that I am good at making order out of chaos.

LJ Idol Season 7 Week 1 Here there be Dragons

Dragons have been in my life for a long time. I have always liked them ever since I was a child. I remember my father reading me the Hobbit and the low gravely voice he used for Smaug. I loved the Anne McCaffrey DragonRiders books but I think my favorite was Dragonsong and the two books that followed. Then there is DragonCon which has been such a part of my life for so many years.

But this is not my dragon tale but my daughter Caroline’s. And how she fell in love with dragons.

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