semi unplugged

ahhh... the joys of being semi-unplugged. and by that i mean no TV, internet only on a teeny tiny computer and on my phone, and cell coverage is spotty at best. to make up for the lack of cluttering noise there are the other noises that we probably miss in the "very plugged in world." here are a few...

• the wind through the various trees is pretty magical - the oak, the eucalyptus, the pine tree. 
• the hummingbird's wings sound like a gigantic fly as they buzz your head going in and out of the trellis on the porch.
• the clink of the tags on the dog's collar as she hangs out in the grass, crawls under the porch, or decides to pounce on what she hopes is the gopher she has been chasing for 3 days.
• the cows mooing. yes, i can hear cows mooing. i'm not kidding. it's like they are saying hi. 
• birds chirping - and different birds at that. there is the "who?" of the owl, the chirp chirp of those tiny little birds that flit about the ground, the sing song-y sounds of some other sort of bird in the trees, the list of bird sounds goes on.

it's nice, not having TV. i have been working on a project that i have been wanting to tackle for many years. the project will hopefully turn into a book of some sort (more on that to come). and the lack of a boob tube means that after reading for a few hours, one gets sleepy around 9pm, goes to bed and then gets up with the sun. kind of like camping. or "glamping" as my friend Lara calls it - since there is a full fledged kitchen and electricity. 

the quiet is not always so quiet but it is definitely more quiet than i have experienced in years. shhh!!!