It was perhaps the most stereo-typical Summer week ever. It was good.
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Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Friday, August 25, 2017
Summer Break: Week Eleven
It was hot. There were LEGOs and multiple canners full of green beans. There were dry flower beds to water and a final concert in the park. There was zucchini bread, migrating Goldfinch families, and happy Sunflowers.
It was perhaps the most stereo-typical Summer week ever. It was good.
It was perhaps the most stereo-typical Summer week ever. It was good.
Friday, August 18, 2017
Summer Break: Week Ten
Ah... at last... breathing room.
Monday marked the (almost) end of a very long project; dropping that stack of boxes off at the Post Office was about the happiest moment I could have wanted.
The remainder of the week held many delights: A day of going to town just for the sake of doing so, Jamba Juice smoothies, the first harvest of Acorn Squash from the garden, the discovery that Clearly Canadian is back on the market! (hello 1990, I've missed you), RAIN (if just for one morning), a quiet afternoon sit on the nearly-finished back deck (stay tuned for a deck renovation post), a Wednesday night free of obligation so that we could return to one of our Summer favorites; Sandy Summer Sounds (live music in the town park). Now THIS is what Summer is all about.
(SIGH) is it really almost over?
Monday marked the (almost) end of a very long project; dropping that stack of boxes off at the Post Office was about the happiest moment I could have wanted.
The remainder of the week held many delights: A day of going to town just for the sake of doing so, Jamba Juice smoothies, the first harvest of Acorn Squash from the garden, the discovery that Clearly Canadian is back on the market! (hello 1990, I've missed you), RAIN (if just for one morning), a quiet afternoon sit on the nearly-finished back deck (stay tuned for a deck renovation post), a Wednesday night free of obligation so that we could return to one of our Summer favorites; Sandy Summer Sounds (live music in the town park). Now THIS is what Summer is all about.
Thursday, August 04, 2016
Into August
Being on the other side of all of the family gatherings and weekends away and the yard party and other summer fun, August appears, empty and full of the promise of much forced relaxation. First for mental clarity, and more importantly, for physical rehabilitation.
We had hoped for a beach trip and perhaps a road trip down to see the Redwoods in Northern California, but with the still enduring back pain and other connected symptoms, this was deemed a month of rest.
Well, "rest" is a relative term and can simply mean "not going away for vacation". The usual household and business activities continue full tilt, but added are visits to the naturopath's office for acupuncture and osseous manipulation.
The sun shines bright and hot. The garden is well into its first year of rest since the ground was turned (nine, ten years ago?), the flower beds are trying so, so hard to continue to look lush, but are succumbing to heat and exhaustion. It is all good. All of it.
We had hoped for a beach trip and perhaps a road trip down to see the Redwoods in Northern California, but with the still enduring back pain and other connected symptoms, this was deemed a month of rest.
Well, "rest" is a relative term and can simply mean "not going away for vacation". The usual household and business activities continue full tilt, but added are visits to the naturopath's office for acupuncture and osseous manipulation.
The sun shines bright and hot. The garden is well into its first year of rest since the ground was turned (nine, ten years ago?), the flower beds are trying so, so hard to continue to look lush, but are succumbing to heat and exhaustion. It is all good. All of it.
Friday, June 24, 2016
June
So full, so sweet, so busy I've barely been able to breathe. So you get lots of photos and that's all.
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