What These Days Sound Like

If you stopped by, this is what you'd probably hear:

~ Repetitive vocal warmups at any time of day.

~ Chapters of the Bible being recited in a Blossom2's signature high speed style.

~ "Get back to work!"

~ Tracks from the Christmas program being played.

~ Pages turning.

~ High speed piano melodies.

~ Alphabetical reciting of the names of the 12 Tribes of Israel.

~ Hurried steps up the stairs.

~ Nonsensical poems being invented on the spur of the moment.

~ Whirring bathroom vents.

~ "Can I get a snack?"  

~ The tea kettle heating up for the fifteenth time.

~ Little whines from Binney because we aren't currently focused on her.

~ Long silence in the bathroom, followed quickly by, "Are you reading in there???"

~ Vibrating buzzing text message alerts.

~ Strains of Christmas melodies, traditional and new.

~ Sisters counting out timing for younger sisters.

~ Jingling bells that herald, "The cat's on the wrong side of the door again."

~ Mindless whistling.

~ Crowing roosters.

~ Grinding pencil sharpener motors.

~ Screeching 1970s desk chair.

~ Oven timers announcing that the dog treats are done.

~ Thump! The cat king has jumped down from his current throne.

~ "When is it lunch time?"

~ Doors opening and closing.

~ Wit, zingers, and roasts.

~ Stove timers reminding us that our fifteenth cup of tea has finished steeping.

~ Clicking of the computer mouse.

~ Tapping of the computer keys, formulating assignments.

~ The crunch of gravel announcing the latest piano student's arrival.

~ "What's for supper?"

~ Crunching and ripping of Binney's toy deconstructions.

~ Laughing.  At each other.  At ourselves.  At absurdity.  Laughing.

~ Soft voices reading Tolkien's Father Christmas Letters.

~ "Five minutes til we head out, girls!"

~ Tom's kingly purring.

~ Binney's barking announcements that a leaf has tumbled across the yard (again.)

~ Bubbling and sizzling supper on the stove top.

~ "Time for supper!"

Someday when it is always quiet here, I'll read this, remembering with a smile the joy of each day together.