The Week in Five Senses

Something in me is filling up.

I debated this morning about giving you the minute by minute commentary (or at least some abbreviated version) but in better judgement decided to share the distilled essences that my five senses experienced.

~ Scent ~

The heady pungence of cedar essential oil

The warmth of leather (and more leather, and then some more leather)

The tang of salt water atomized by pounding surf

Fresh coffee at dawn

~ Taste ~

Spicy winter squash pilled with arugula

Cardamom ice cream

Blueberry buttermilk muffins dampened by rain

Spring rolls dipped in peanut sauce

~ Touch ~

Damp, gritty wood in a duck blind

Hot tea to-go cupped between my fingers

Solid, heavy handled butter knives

The suppleness of elk hide

~ Sight ~

Eye contact with a lone coyote

The hills of California greener than Ireland could ever boast

Walls painted in Caribbean Blue 

The richness of fall leaves still in full color

~ Sound ~

The hooting of owls at dusk

Allison singing in the shower

The dull thud of a rubber mallet on leather tools

The scratch of pencil on paper in the otherwise silent night

All that to say,

Something in me is filling up.