Just Another Summer Day

Tuesday morning, it was difficult to get out of bed. I felt sick of watering and the thought of re-stacking all the wood depressed me. But the brood was calling me to action and so the day got underway as Fred howled for food. The good news was that Steve is flying home today from Florida where he had a stopover visit with friends after his long visit to Spain.

Beth is coming shortly after Steve leaves, but her plans are changing every day as she hears from her other west coast friends. We have a plan now and I’m very excited and grateful to her and to Steve for coming to visit.

I had my usual lovely morning soak, and then Her Highness and I went for our morning walk. It’s lovely and cool in the mornings and we have the trail all to ourselves. When we retuned, I fed the brood lunch and then had my Zoom call with Dr. S. It was a great session, as always. I like that she said this: “You are trying to find that sweet spot between having enough social activity to satisfy our basic human need, but not too much so as to overload a soul that has learned from experience that people are untrustworthy.” 

When my session was over, Her Highness and I went over to Pete and Ali’s to water their garden beds and to do some spot watering where plants were showing signs of stress. Then we came home and I watered here forever before doing some transplanting that I will finish today.

After our afternoon walk, we had our usual eventing at Pinecone Park.

Today: more watering of course, and some planting, raking and toting, for tomorrow, Eoin is coming over to help me handle the scary part of dealing with the fallen wood pile. I’ve a lot that I want to do before Steve arrives. He is due in six days!

Really hot weather is coming. Sigh. I’ll be watering like mad. I’m taking things rather easy while I can. Hurricane Steve will change my patterns, and I’ll be busy and talking a lot, so I am treasuring these quiet days. I love my slow life. I love being solitary in paradise. But I also love my friends and I’m excited about Steve coming, then Beth, then to Vancouver for a wedding, and at some point, Dwight is coming for a short visit. Yay Summer!