Comfort

This morning I took coffees and a boysenberry muffin to my best friend, stuck at home with her feisty, wriggly baby boy waiting for her leaking roof to get fixed after the last three stormy days.

We split a tin of baked beans on marmite toast for lunch and talked about baby food and sisters and our mutual disappointment in Downton Abbey.

The weather held off as I drove home. Swedish House Mafia and Macklemore and even Taylor Swift played on the radio and I didn't bother to change stations.

Now I am nestled in a comfy chair watching dark clouds scuttle across a still faintly blue sky.

'Scattered showers' - the weekend weather report sounds more like poetry than meterology.

I have a full-to-the-brim cup of Yorkshire Gold at my elbow and a sweet, soft cat that looks and smells like a tiny haystack (well, not so tiny, he could miss a meal or three!) in my lap.

I snort laugh through 10 minutes of Miranda before racing outside to yank the washing off the line when the rain starts coming down in earnest.

There are vacuum lines on the carpet and I think soup will do for tea.

Small comforts all. Today, they feel like enough. 

 

 

Comments

[SimpleAlissa]

Sounds like a beautiful day! Enjoy it!

[Annieathomeblog]

So fun to see your face on Five Minute Friday, Adele. I love how this is written in the present, celebrating the small things. So often I'm looking for big metaphor. Somehow, this straightforward account was so centering for me. Thanks.

[AdeleChapman2]

Thank you Alissa and Annie, so glad you came by to visit. :) xo

[CrystalStine]

Stopping over from Five Minute Friday! Loved this little peek into your day, the comforts of the familiar, the friendship. So glad you joined, hope to see you again next week brave writer! (and thanks for telling me which # you were on Twitter so I could find you!)

[Kirstekirst]

Yes, small comforts. Beautifully written...I feel like I stepped into your day. Found you at FMF. Blessings!

[AdeleChapman2]

Thank you so much for visiting, Crystal. I'm sure I'll be back with Five Minute Friday! :)

[AdeleChapman2]

So glad you came by, Kirste. Thank you for the encouragement. :)