That was an interesting dream

I had a dream today. Very vivid. When I woke up, I considered going back to sleep but I wanted to remember this dream, so I got up in order to write it down.

My house was on a high hill. The back yard was very large and went down to this beautiful and inviting field. I was aware that in the past I would sit at the top of the hill and look at this field. I was drawn to it but had never been down there.

This day, Tiernan was with me and we finally decided to go down there. So we started off down the hill. There was a fence marking the end of my property. As we neared the fence, that part of the back yard was beautiful and I was so excited about it, seems I had never ventured to this part of my yard before. There was a large rock just below the surface, with just a portion of it exposed. And I was thrilled to have it in my yard.

As we drew near the fence, we saw a gate in the fence. And it was open. When we got to the gate and examined it, I had the distinct impression that people had often come onto my property via the gate. For some reason, we stopped at the gate, still on my property, and watched the field. It was so beautiful. It was an open area that lay out before me. There was a steam and there was some wildlife. I thought the stream was shallow, but then we saw this deer (?) with horns swimming downstream. There was a structure here, and some trees, just outside the fence, almost like a covered dock. As we sat there watching the field, yearning to go through the gate, but afraid of something, a car came driving up on the field, from the right. I told Tiernan to be very still and just to wait and see what happened. The car stopped and a woman got out. She greeted us! So much for sitting still. It seems her car had a sensitive camera that let her know if there were any people around. She was wearing some kind of fur coat and when she got out, she put on another fur coat, of a different color and size. I think it was her intention to feed animals and I had the impression that she came often.

At this point, Tiernan said he didn’t want to go the field, it frightened him and he wanted to go back to the house. He said, “It’s so lonely here.” I decided I didn’t want to go back right then, I was determined to go through the fence and explore this beautiful, welcoming, inviting area beyond the gate.

This is the saddest part of my dream - I woke up!

But, I woke up with the impression that this is significant. I’m at the edge of something beautiful and inviting and the gate is open. I haven’t gone through the gate yet, but it seems I am ready and determined to take that step. Clearly, I am still on this side of the gate and passing through will require a definite decision and determination. Alas! I woke up before passing through!!