(photograph courtesy of Hugo Photographic Productions – he said I looked like a beautiful baby)
The turkeys and the cats and the dogs. 
Waited. It rained all day.
I did not mean to go to sleep. It just happened. The fire was burning, everyone was safe and fed but not necessarily dry and no turkeys were drowning from looking up into the rain with their mouths open. It really did rain all day. I put my list of work down to get up and make a cup of tea. And then I fell into sleep. Head first.
Sleep is a curious thing. To become unconscious like that without being knocked on the head.How does that even happen. Is there an off button. And if so who pushes it. It really does not look safe. Eyes closed. Vulnerable. I wonder if the ancients slept so long and so hard and so frequently. I think they must have napped more than slept, with one eye open for a predator or danger. How then have we evolved to sleep so frequently (every twelve or fourteen hours and sometimes a siesta in the afternoon as well for much of the world) and so soundly. And if we do not get some sleep every single night our metabolisms begin to topple. We drag and crumble. We whine “I’m tired.” I seldom sleep in the afternoon – this is my prep time for the dinner and the afternoons chores. I send all my workers off for a siesta and then turn the music on and get busy. To sleep is unheard of for me. Yet there is the evidence – I was Dead to the World. I had no idea that Hugo took that photo of me. I was fast asleep. Heard nothing and Saw nothing. Held fast.
I had better get up and get going. Before I fall back to sleep without even starting the day. No excuse for lingering this morning.
I hope you all have a lovely day.
Love
celi
c
The Kitchen's Garden 
60 responses to “while miss c slept”
Beautiful…you are beautiful inside and out!
Merci beaucoup Hugo !
Your picture is beautiful and you surely captured a rare moment of our dear Miss C 🙂
Sleeping Beauty. Hugo takes marvelous photos! Have asplendid day!
I love that your sleeping photo is I black and white. A real study. And yes the turkeys and Geraldine on an upholstered chair! God help us! And yes the table is a still life for sure. Tank you for such amazing pictures.
I’m grinning from ear to ear. Hugo did a wonderful job. All those lovely photos and comments warm my heart. Sleep is when we restore and sometimes where our best ideas are found. I can take a short nap and resolve so many questions in a brief moment. Naps are also good for the heart. It needs the rest. I slept in this morning since they turned the clock back and getting up at 3:30 seemed a bit outrageous for an old woman with no job. These clock changes will be our undoing. I’m surprised you slept all curled up like that. I must stretch out my old bones. I loved the turkeys making themselves at home. We had the wettest day of the year yesterday. We did get a few very wet trick or treaters but most were not fond of wind and rain. Today is better. Of course. Have a wonderful Sunday. And maybe get some rest. If not now, you body will find a way to make it happen. I know these things.
I slept in too.. until seven! I think I am still catching up.. c
There was an alignment with 3 planets that I think has something to do with our unusual fatigue. Glad you caught some ZZZZ’s
Sometimes our bodies speak in their language as clearly as they can, and it catches us off guard. I’m glad you got the rest your body needed.
fabulous; rest under the protection of Hugo. I loved the turkeys standing on the couch!
Lovely portrait of you sleeping, Hugo did very well capturing the moment and the feeling of it. I often find those spontaneous naps at the right time & place to be as refreshing as a nights sleep, and you managed it elegantly which sometimes I do not!
Hugo’s chair is very popular, he should be so lucky to find it vacated or at least in good company 🙂
Sometimes they don’t even vacate it for him – he has to shoo them aside t make room for him.. c
Sleeping Beauty in her chair by the fire! 🙂 Lovely photo Hugo!
Love the photo, and the idea, of you sleeping like a beautiful baby. Good on Hugo! And I’m so happy those turkeys didn’t drown from keeping their mouths open up to the sky! xxx
Lovely to see you sleeping and surrendering to the moment.
Weekend +rain = nap. Looks to me like a perfect equation! 🙂
Am softly stroking your hair as nature has taken over . . . thank you Hugo! Methinks you care as all of us do . . .
He is a lovely young man.. c
I agree. I am now a little bit in love with Hugo. That he would say something tender about Celi – whom we have come to love.
Miss C must have been very tired! I’m glad Hugo Photographic Productions was ready with the camera. He had to take a picture, because no one would believe you ever napped! The turkeys must pay attention to Geraldine’s teachings about not drowning when it rains.
You need to try to break those turkeys of their cigarette habit…they look rather guilty sitting there on the couch with the empty pack.