Morning’s Chaos

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Morning comes and the calm of night is brushed off with a moment of chaos – the dogs wrestle and shake and sneeze, as if fighting off the effects of slumber.

I am not as excited to rise early, have no routine for resetting my status from comatose to awake and alert. I mumble on my way down the hall and across the living room to let them out for their morning constitutionals.

We all pause as the cold air hits us. The dogs raise their noses in unison, sniffing the unmistakeable scent of Spring in the air. Birdsong confirms their suspicion. My spirits perk up.

Chaos is descending upon the world, but for this moment, I am reminded that tomorrow always comes.

Thank you to all who participated in my challenge this week, topic morning. I am also connecting up with Lens-Artist’s Photo Challenge: chaos.

There is something so undeniably sacred about mornings. Check out these great posts to see if you don’t agree:

Unburdened, Reena Saxena
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Mornings, Sgeoil
Looking Ahead, I Write Her
Morning Moments, one letter UP
Captive to a Dream, parallax
Healing Sea!, radhikasreflection
Radiance of Morning, Heaven’s Sunshine
Lush Leaves, thoughts and entanglements
Serene Moment, Stuff and what if…

9 thoughts on “Morning’s Chaos”

JohnRH says:

March 17, 2020 at 12:54 pm

Great photos, great thoughts. Well done.

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  March 17, 2020 at 1:01 pm
  
  Thanks John!
  
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Tina Schell says:

March 16, 2020 at 9:06 am

A lovely tribute to our steadfast conviction that life goes on and this chaos too shall pass VJ. Your blackbirds are especially wonderful. We have many here but I’ve never once seen them flock, they are always solitary.

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  March 16, 2020 at 9:48 am
  
  Funny you say that Tina; I just said the same to my husband yesterday – always just one bird. Thanks. Stay safe.
  
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Leya says:

March 16, 2020 at 6:47 am

I recognize chaotic mornings – having two dogs myself…Lovely writing and your chaos perfectly shown!

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  March 16, 2020 at 9:45 am
  
  Fun chaos! Thanks.
  
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Liz Gauffreau says:

March 15, 2020 at 7:53 pm

I particularly like the photo of the red-winged blackbirds. Whenever my husband and I pass a marshy area with cat tails, he looks for them for me because he knows how much I like them.

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  March 15, 2020 at 9:54 pm
  
  I usually associate them with the start of summer. A childhood favourite of mine for sure.
  
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  1. Liz Gauffreau says:
    
    March 16, 2020 at 8:26 am
    
    🙂
    
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