Sunday Afternoon

On lazy Sundays,

after homemade lunch,

I loved to hike

into the chaparral wilderness.

Walking under the oaks,

sycamores, and cottonwoods,

across the wild oat meadows,

I would reach the lake.

Cattails lined the waters

where birds made nests.

What joy to sit there

watching mallards and coots

quack and swim peacefully.

I gazed mindfully

at the reed reflections,

the fish and tadpoles,

the rustling sounds

of the dry grasses.

Soaking the sun and

inhaling the breeze

perfumed with smell of

sage, and willow

it was bliss, a win-win.

Zero spending and healthy.

Connection with nature.

What could be more fun?

then spending like this

a Sunday afternoon!