Sensory Overload

What a difference a day makes.

Yesterday my wife and I were spreading mulch....

and playing with rocks....

and looking at snakes...

and a spider that stopped by.

 Pregnant much?

The only noise I could hear

was that of the birds,

who didn't seem to mind that we were in their playground.

The smell was that of wet woods

in an air thick with humidity.

Today

I'm surrounded by steel

and grease

and rust streaks.

The ever present smell of petroleum,

is trumped on the annoyance scale

only by the constant white noise of a tug boat

in the background.

Yep, one day can make a huge difference.