I Surrender

She did it again. Sarah drug me out of bed at some crazy hour last night or was it this morning? Whatever. All I know is that it was dark, I was tired and the clock was showing single digits in the hour portion of the display. I give up. I declare her the winner in this mind game that she's playing with me. Yup. It's that easy to break me. A couple of sleepless nights and I raise the white flag.

Even though I was tired, the crisp morning was enough to draw me out for a walk. Sancho's pawing at the door also helped a bit. When we were strolling down a street in the neighborhood, we came upon a man who was pushing huge mounds of purple magnolias with his janitor style broom down his driveway like it was a chore to deal with so much beauty. It was surreal. I wish I had taken my camera. When we got home, I noticed that it was raining white flower petals in our driveway. California is amazing in the winter. Here's Sancho sitting in the dusting of petals - unfortunately the fragrance didn't permeate his jacket of stench.