I really enjoyed Crystal’s visit. Her kids
are fantastic. They are superbly well adjusted and fully participated in all
the chores without tonal, verbal or any behavioral resistance. They never once
complained about anything. And watching Cole interact with them is a beautiful
privilege. He is a prince, our Cole.
One great
outcome of their visit was that Peter discovered that I have a convection oven.
I had no idea; he showed me how to use it. It was a wonderful surprise!
•
After Crystal and family departed
the sun came blazing out and it was 14°! That’s 14° in the shade! It was a
brilliant day and I was stoned on the beauty of everything. And it’s supposed
to be pretty good week. Today has dawned with lots of blue sky and big bright
white clouds.
I’m learning how the sunshine hits
my land and home as the months go buy. (Wednesday I celebrate the end of my
fourth month here.) After each long spell of winter rain when the sun finally returns,
it tracks a new arc through sky – new to me, at least, in this home. Yesterday
for the first time sunlight shone brightly into my bedroom. I was thrilled to
see that.
I considering switching my living
and dining rooms for summer; where my dining room is now gets lots of sunlight.
To put the living room there will be nice for summer evenings before eating
outdoors. On rainy days, I’ll eat in front of a fire where I currently have the
living room.
More sunny warm weather is predicted
for Friday and Saturday — the days I’m to move my costumes from storage to here.
We’re long overdue for some decent weather; if it happens, my ladies won’t
suffer any further water damage.
•
Something
wonderful has happened with Fred and Ethel. They are still dispassionate about
being picked up, but in many other ways they are increasingly social and
welcoming. They come when they are called and purr the minute I touch them or
speak to them. And they like being patted now. It’s wonderful and I love them
to bits.
•
I fell hard for
pop singer, Ed Sheeran. Do you know him? I’ve bought all his CDs and I listen
to them regularly. I appreciate the sincerity and simplicity of his lyrics; they
resonate with me. He writes love and often about his family; his voice is
beautiful, pure and true. I adore him.
Well today I
happened on an article about him that made me weep.
He quit school
because he was so badly bullied as a child because he was plump, wore large
glasses and stuttered. My adored singer stuttered! He came to America with
nothing but ambition and happened to be seen by a dynamo actor, Jamie Foxx. The
rest is history. It just got to me, so deeply, that this lovely man is a fellow
stutterer.
When I listen
to him now, it’s terribly moving.
•
It’s remarkable
to be here now. Everything is done
now that the studio is finished and furnished and I’m completely moved in. I
want to do lots of gardening come Spring but that’s icing on the cake as is
completing the decorating of my fence. I plan to do some fence work today on
the three fence panels facing the entrance to my yard.
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