Wednesday 22 September 2010

Parable of something or other........

I've been trying to remember that parable about two animals. One works hard gathering nuts and seeds all summer to store for the winter, while the other faffs around, sunbathing, reading books, going on picnics, snoozing in the sun etc.

Come winter the lazy animal, (let us for the sake of argument call her Sandra), suddenly discovers that she has no food put by and will probably starve. Plus all the housework has piled up, not to mention the bills, which she can't pay because she's been doing sod all for months and months.

Were they squirrels?

Or mice?

Anyway, there is a lesson there for all of us.

*cough*

After months and months of not exactly complete inactivity, I have finally grasped the nettle and made serious inroads into what should have been done and dusted ages ago.

Actually......*lowers voice to a whisper*.... it's not nearly as bad as I anticipated. Once I got past the huge, monolithic block which the task had assumed in my mind, and got right in amongst it, it's going really quite well.

I don't want to jinx it though so........

In other news, Small Dog is due for one of her occasional baths. Since we got back from Cornwall her fur is full of sand and salt and is subsequently sticking up in peaks and horns. She has also discovered something fascinating at the top of the garden and has been rolling in it.

Ecstatically.

Naturally she thinks she smells fragrant. However the scent is more reminiscent of Canal No. 5.

In other other news, the nights are fair drawing in. It's getting darker earlier and earlier which reminds me we are on the long slow slide towards the end of October and putting our clocks back by one hour.

Before we know it, it will be Christmas.........

*shudder*

3 comments:

Margaret said...

I bet the lazy animal is totally pleased with herself and the relaxing time she had over summer and wouldn't change a thing. She'll probably sail through winter as happy as a lark and do the same thing next summer. No point in working 24/7/52 after all, that's no fun. Canal No 5? that's funny.

Sans! said...

Then there is the story about 2 men. One works really hard (let's just call him Maurice) and the other is just like Sandra. One day, someone asked Maurice :Why do you work so hard , man? His reply was : So that one day I can just "faff around, sunbathe, read books, go on picnics, snooze in the sun etc" without any care.

Sandra Morris said...

Margaret....
The lazy animal is having kittens about all the work she has to do to get back on an even keel.
All play and no work etc........

Sans....
I hadn't looked at it that way. I suppose the moral of this tale is 'sieze the day'