Life has been moving at break neck speed recently. Work exhausting and spilling into evenings and weekends. An endless knot of sleep, work, food, water garden, snuggle cats....repeat. Even when I've had something to explore or say here, sleep and rest prevailed. I've definitely missed being here and sharing.
Overjoyed for my friday off today. A much needed step off the merry-go-round. My schedule will be changing in a few weeks and the fridays off will be no more. A blessing while it lasted. I'll make the change beneficial in other ways.
Tonight was the perfect summer evening spent in the park across the street from my home. The friend family had our 2nd annual Clam Bake. Version 2.0 had beautiful weather. I love that I was on the ground level of this tradition in our clan and that we are enjoying our neighborhood. A few lobsters and many clams were sacrificed. Laughter, relaxing, drinks and good company. A glorious, fun filled evening.
This year big story was the police had to come to evict someone from our paid reserved picnic tables. Apparently the Russian family staked the table out for hours and wouldn't move even after the park rangers got involved. The special part was that they were all still in spitting distance when it was all said and done. We prevailed, but it definitely added the element of absurd to the festivities.
At sunset, I made my way over to my garden patch to give the plants a good drink. I'll post pictures later this week. My p-patch is in full summer glory. As I reached the garden, to my delighted surprise a moonlight movie was playing in the amphitheater "Where the Wild Things Are". Pulled up a patch of grass and was enchanted by the movie, the stars and the night air.
A magnificently wonderful way to relax after such a hectic, stressful patch.