Midweek

I’m thankful for:

1. the open window and the cool breeze coming through it.
2. my study. It’s great to have a room of one’s own.
3. the smell of eucalypt oil. In the heat the scent of the gum trees sometimes wafts. I’ll usually be engrossed in something else, and because it’s unexpected it always makes me pause and inhale more deeply. To me it’s the quintessential smell of Perth because it was the first, and wonderfully distinct, odour I smelled when we stepped off the plane on arrival in Australia.
4. my diary. Am really enjoying the daily reflection I get when I scribble in my diary.
5. quiet time. I need it regularly and often, to recharge.