1st Chakra

I am wearing red today. And, painting, which usually grounds me.
I am living in Louisiana right now, because I found a job for my husband here when work became scarce for us in Michigan.
While he works for the government, my job is to care for him and our dog.
Duties include: cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, running errands, book-keeping for taxes, book-keeping for business that still is operating in Michigan, functioning as landlady for our two places that we have for rent in Michigan, and dog related activities. One of which is taking him to the vet, because he is getting things(for lack of a better word) on his belly and they take a culture of them and give him a shot and some pills that I have to administer to him for a period of 10 days and then he gets better for a month and then it starts up again.

I like to paint and read and take yoga classes. So, it has become a challenge to try to do all this.

I am wearing red, because I know this to be the color of the 1st Chakra. 

I feel like I have to bring myself home to where I am right now. I have to belong.
So, I find beauty in the most ugly wet places outside. That is a new development for me. I think I have learned to appreciate and find beauty in nature of all kinds.

Home, literally, for me is forty acres in a remote area of Michigan.  Over the years I have discovered that I am somewhat afraid of being out with wild things. Or, the possibility of wild things.

My dog, however, finds comfort in all wildness. He fits right in. He seriously plays with nature. He plays with life and death when he goes out. It's a playful thing for him. And, I am alarmed.

But, in looking at the birds, I tell myself I belong. They recognize me as living with them. I am part of their life. They see me.