I love such lazy days and evenings as this. Today was the first day that has really felt like late fall here. Last Saturday it was over 70 degrees -- today the temp never got out of the mid 40s. It's been cloudy and dreary and drizzly since 11am and I've been shamefully lazy all day. The drizzle has become a steady rain this evening. There's a cat on one arm of the sofa, a dog and another cat asleep in the chair, a dog in the floor. The parrot is still working on her big fat turkey leg -- her favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner (she doesn't gnaw them, she completely DEVOURS them) while another cat sits at the foot of her cage trying to fish out fallen scraps of the bone from her floor.

Listening to the rain fall as I sit here cuddled up next to the fireplace, surrounded by contented critters, good books to read, things to paint, the web to surf, blogs to browse...what shall I do, what shall I do?! I feel I should perhaps feel guilty for doing nothing today, when there is so much that needs to be done. But maybe it is good for the soul to take time out now and then to just enjoy the moment...time to just sit and listen to the rain...