autumn

Autumn and Spring are my favourite seasons, contrary to popular belief. Most would think that it was summer since i have proven to be such a sun-lover. But what I like about Spring and Autumn is that they remind us that life is constantly in flux, that things change, and that the colours of rebirth are the most beautiful of all.
I have many friends who are christian, and i won't diss them for their belief, but i have always seen life as cyclical, and therefore i have always believed that reincarnation is a grand probability. I don't mean the "i was marilyn monroe in my past life" or "i hope i come back as a housecat" type of reincarnation. What i mean is the thermodynamic idea that energy can not be created nor destroyed. I am going to wax hippy right here by saying that my chi has been here and will be here forever. That makes me happy, as the idea of heaven is comforting to some. To me autumn and spring are a visual and certain representation of this idea, so i am always happy to see the firey blaze of a tree in fall even if it means i will be freezing my ass off pretty soon. because after the cold those green tendrils of life will start to poke up out of the dirt and live all over again. (no i am not going to break into that Lion King song...)
Speaking of life and death, my grandmother died this past month, on November 27th. She died after a long battle of lymphoma, and i am sad that i had not seen her since 2005. To be honest, she was really my step-grandma, she was my maternal grandfather's second wife, but she was the only grandmother that i really liked. Grandma Doris was an optimist, a go-getter,a giver, a liver of life. yay for the positive people, boo to cancer.
we have been staying busy in dunbar. Ruby is taking swimming lessons 2 times a week, once as a private lesson and the other in her normal swim class. Esme is now going to playgroup one day a week, to get her more used to playing with a whole room of screaming children her own age. she starts pre-school next year (pre-school is 2 years here), so she best get used to the craziness! I helped with the Used Toy Sale at school which went very well. It always amazes me how much people will pay for other people's junk! i mean, look at ebay! but thankfully we raised over £400 for the pre-school classes, and had a good time too.