i have my fair share of failing my plants, so let’s take a moment to appreciate what is thriving (and gently ignore that which is dying…grass…shhhh).
…enjoying our front porch, our view of the sunset, and each other’s company…
my neighbor just brought me empanadas!
i’ve been up for over two hours already and i even took time to make and eat breakfast. but my neighbors probably don’t appreciate my compulsion to mow at 830 on a sunday morning (whining petulantly: but it’s a blade mower!)… this is a sleepy little ‘hood on the weekends.
started trimming the ivy today. i’m sure there is no turning back…
making soup for the first time in the house. also, roasted a phenom chicken tonight. salt, salt, salt. we ate *all* the gravy. num num!
despite a front window which became temperamental today and can no longer be used, i have been continually reminded of why we wanted to have a house and the ways the house makes our life better… i am sitting here in the garage (which happens to get the full wifi signal – i soooooo see a desk in my future) as the sun and the ocean breeze stream through the open doors and windows. earlier i was sitting at the kitchen table enjoying the cross draft. i have roasted one batch of coffee and am on another. i go out into the yard and shake both the green bean dust and the roasted chaff from the roasting cage. i discard the roasted chaff from the roaster into our compost bin. m and i just played a short round of catch in our backyard. i spent yesterday in the back chopping up dead branches and clearing our back area (again). later, i didn’t feel guilty for lazing on the couch and watching law & order: svu (the somewhat sore muscles also helped with justifying the lazing).
yeah, the trees need trimming and the grass needs watering and the windows and gutters need some love, but ever since moving in, i have been living it up in the sun and fresh air and i remember why i wanted a house in the first place.
