I checked the thermometer and it read 51 degrees.
So I stopped work on CLOSE TO HOME
and changed into my hooping togs.
There on my dry-concrete patio,
surrounded by snow piles,
beneath the blue sky,
bathed in sunshine,
I hooped.
As I gazed up into the sky,
I saw a red-tailed hawk soaring and gliding.
Instead of thinking "Oh no, it’s Claudia! She knows I’m not working on my chapters,"
I smiled and watched her until she was out of sight.
Then I finished my thirty minutes of hooping.
Now I’m ready to get back to those chapters.
Tracy Abell 
It makes me smile just to read this. Good call. Hope your heart is lighter now!
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My heart is much lighter, thank you! We’ve had so much snow and cold, I was thrilled to be outside in the sunshine. The hawk was a bonus!
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I’m smiling too. It would have made my day.
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Seeing birds soaring that way always makes my day. I feel quite fortunate.
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Love this!
And I just asked you about hooping on another thread over at my place. 🙂
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Hooping synchronicity! Maybe this is a sign from the universe, Jenny, that you are destined to become a hooper!
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What a freeing picture you’ve painted…thank you 🙂
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It was such a glorious day out there. Hope you made it outside for a bit, too.
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Hooping into spring! I love it!
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Yes! It definitely felt as if spring was on the way. Such a boost to the old morale. I can make it, I can make it, I can make it…
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