middle of the night musings

so here i am smoking and wrapped up in my Peanuts blankie up on top of my neighbourhood.  at least being on my roof feels like that.  if i cant see everything from up here, i sure can hear it.  the deer in the yard across the street testing the gate as part of some pre-dawnly routine, the dried alder leaves scritching across the roof, my cats, obnoxiously cleaning themselves as they accompany me on the roof.  there is also the ocean, so close if i only turned around to face it, sounding so far away, the waves crashing more like surf than they usually are.  three meteors have passed since i came up here and i keep imagining i see a brightening of light on the edge of my perception but im sure it is just cause i really want to see northern lights even if it is just a glimmer but this gets me thinking about the freaky light cally and scott have been seeing in their yard.  stopping and starting, brighter and dimmer, zigzagging around.  it starts to freak me out and THAT gets me thinking about the light elizabeth and i saw at the bottom of milford or topcliff rds.  it came up to our car and circled round, stopping and hovering until it just flew off again.  ok, it is official, i am off of this roof now!  crack goes the gutter as i fumble over it onto the roof below and tumble in my bedroom window.  of course knocking over previously mentioned obnoxious cats and disturbing children along the way.  and i still cant sleep so i clean some drawers in the kitchen and write this post. 

taken from my new favorite view.  g. roy gravel pit