The Tip Off

Death, Enemy
As I was shuffling this morning, I just knew that Death would show it's face, so I wasn't particularly surprised when I turned it over. Even though I predicted it's arrival, I am not entirely sure why it is here. An enemy stands to it's left. He appears to be laying in wait for a man in the distance and hides some kind of weapon under his coat. At first, I didn't think I had any natural enemies, but then, as I reflecting some more, I guess it could concern my neighbours in some way. Is Death bringing our time with them to a close? Is he letting me know that we will soon sell our house and it will be time to move on? I think the cards are like this sometimes. They see things that we can't straight away. This could very well be the energy around today's reading, even if it appears that there is no movement from where we are standing. The buyer who likes our house might be working her behind off trying to sell her own property so that she can make an offer on ours. This duo could simply be giving me the tip off.

I was meant to go to work today but my sessions were cancelled. I wrote back to the usual suspect, voicing my concerns, but as usual, he hasn't replied. He'll probably do what he always does - leave it to the night before I come in next and tell me that he hasn't been able to order the supplies I asked for. My boyfriend has today off of work because we were meant to be going to a very old friend's for dinner this evening. Unfortunately, she collapsed this week and has been in hospital, so that was cancelled too. Knowing all of this by Wednesday, we decided to go out with a group of friends last night. I can't remember the last time I went out for a drink on a week day evening. It was impromptu, which I like. I have got a really good group of friends around me now. As the years have passed, I have whittled down my hundreds of acquaintances to some real steadfast mates who make me laugh and who I can depend upon. My boyfriend and I walked part of the journey home, feeding remnants of our snacks to the ducks on the river. He always enjoys doing that. When we got in we went straight to bed and fell asleep cuddled up. A nice end to a nice evening.

We have a big day tomorrow. We are driving to the coast to help a friend of mine dress a hall for her daughters 16th birthday party. After the success with the circus tent in school the other week, she asked if I would do something similar for tomorrow night, so I suggested she buy some white gazebos. She has bought pink fabric and balloons and I found twelve metres of shiny white lining fabric in the loft, so we will put something together when I get there. We were thinking of maybe having one tent for drinks and food and a few others dotted around for people to sit in. With all of this and a barbecue to race back for tomorrow evening, it's probably just as well that today is now going to be a quiet one. It looks as though it is about to storm, since the clouds have suddenly covered the sky like a blackout cloth, so we're probably in the right place for now. As I write these last lines, the heavens have just opened and I can hear the rain falling from my open window.



Illustrations from the Sibilla della Zingara