Again today I had a sunrise hot tub.
I mean … How better could I start my day?
All day yesterday I kept marvelling
at the natural beauty of Pinecone Park.
It was as though I’d arrived for the first time — that’s how great it felt to be
here in bright warm sunlight (and no coat). Today the sunlight is as inspiring but
the air’s cooler.
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Last night I had trouble getting to
sleep because my shoulder was so painful. In fact, my whole body was hurting —
really hurting, especially my hips, and my right shoulder, elbow and hand. When
I get up I walk like an old man, hobbling and bent over, for a few minutes.
There’s something particularly nasty
going on in my shoulder. At one point, I raised myself up onto my right elbow
and my shoulder made a noise, as it often does — I hate it when it does that — but
then I felt better.
It was all because I went mad
yesterday, energized by the extraordinary weather. I never stopped. And my poor
right arm and shoulder: I threw the ball for Sheba, I hammered on the fence for
hours, I swept and raked, lifted, pulled and pushed. And I’m old and I probably
have osteoarthritis.
However, I’ve awakened in much better form. My body feels better,
my new respirator arrived (and it really
works). And late in the day yesterday, I saw Towhees in the “decorative” branches
of my new fence panel. It felt like approval from Mother Nature.
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Chalise is staying overnight with
Sheba, Fred and Ethel. I fly to Vancouver at 3:00 to dine with John and Bunny. Tomorrow,
after bringing my ladies back, Dwight and I have the night together here and he
goes home Sunday. Then Monday — YAY! — Darrell starts building my porch.
I’m really happy with the change
from building a sunroom — that would definitely have been nice but frightfully
expensive — to porch. I’ve always loved porches, screen doors and verandas. They
give a place a gentle, slow-moving feel; they are icons of summertime and
hospitality — perfect for Pinecone Park.
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