Though Wales is at the same latitude as Siberia, it’s free of frigid tundra. Still, its climate isn’t exactly balmy. Cool, cloudy, damp days are common. That’s why Welsh horticulturalists cheered with shocked exultation last summer, when three outdoor banana plants produced fruit at the National Botanical Garden. It was an unprecedented miracle. I predict a comparable development for you, Cancerian. A source that has never been more than lukewarm will get downright tropical. An influence that has been inhospitable to your passion will become fertile and welcoming. As a result, you will bloom in a way you never have before.

~ from Free Will Astrology

Bloom where you’re planted… What I need to do is let go of where and what I think that lukewarm, inhospitable source is.

I know that while one relationship in my life ebbed right on out of here, another has ebbed right on in. And others are also doing so very well.

Yesterday as I was walking to the bus stop on my way to work there were some crows hanging around this group of trees looking for food. I always talk to the crows as I walk by, hoping to entice them into an exchange of noise and communication. So yes, I sometimes talk in english and sometimes I croak in crow. We are all familiar with their usual cawing sound but every once in awhile they make other noises. Clickings and knocking noises. So, I’m walking by and they are cawing and jumping and flitting around but one lands on a branch and looks at me. I keep talking to it and looking it in the eye. It looks back at me and “clack.” I felt acknowledged in a positive way. What does that have to do with blooming? Haven’t a clue. I just wanted to make sure I remembered it.  I ADORE crows.

Today is a good day.  Always is better on the second day.  It’s only the first that is unbearable.  I managed to stick out the day yesterday at work too.  I’ve got a nice little project today and tomorrow I meet with a new client to see what kind of website I can build for him.  Small projects that keep me working in the creativity regularly are something I love about my job.  Making folks happy I also like tons.

Last night all I wanted to do was go to bed and actually made it to bed but realized that the havoc out in the living room and kitchen areas was going to drive me nuts.  So I hauled all the stuff to charity out to the car, washed the dishes, tidied up piles and felt much better.  After a great talk with The Beloved I did go to bed and read for awhile. Lights out at 9pm!  Perhaps it’s the whole Daylight Savings Time thing that’s wiping me out a bit.  Monday I was in bed by 7:30 and Sunday was very similar.

I’m taking the stuff to Value Village at lunch, running to the library, picking up cat food.  Then a second library run after work and I’m home to cook porkchops and noodles and put together the new TV stand.  Trying to get a lot of things done so that my three day weekend is more play than work.