Summertime, and the Living is Easy...
What a fun and interesting day so far.
It started early, with the sun beaming in the windows and since it feels like we haven't had much sun lately, that alone kicked off a good mood and an urge for adventure. Armed with bottles of Citrus Prickly Pear Fuzes and blueberry power bars, we headed down to the park where one of my boyfriend's sons was running in a 5k long distance race along the river. The weather was gorgeous and the morning sun beating on all the wild carrots blooming along the river bank made the air smell just like hot, fresly-ironed cotton.
Weird, I know, but true.
Anyhow, watching the runners take off and then return was fun, and while I admire people who run for the pure joy of it, I can honestly say that unless there's a dire emergency, or a monster or a maniac is chasing me, or the delight of spring has seized my spirits and I'm so enchanted that I can't help myself from romping around, chances are you will probably never see me run.
After the race we went out to breakfast at a little restaurant that has a marble rye that I loved so much the first time I ate it that I actually got the waitress to sell me a loaf. YUM. On the drive home, we spotted a very tall, very whirly dust devil that looked like a thin tornado funnel rising up about 200 feet in the air, and spinning away in a factory parking lot.
Bizarre.
So we came home, got the Harley and went off to explore the countryside. We cruised along enormous fields of flowers -- crownvetch, daisies, wild sweet peas, yellow, purple, pink, flowers everywhere (is bliss too strong a word, here?) -- and stopped in the shade along the river to hang out for a while. We took a beautiful, deserted backroad I love, saw a Kingfisher flying along the creek, stopped for ice cream (I had an apricot ice cream cone, another YUM) and came home sunkissed, wildblown and happily tired.
Now I want to go out and play in my garden for a while. And then we'll see what's next.
And Judy, thanks so much for the beautiful postcard. I'm so glad you had a wonderful time!
Have a wonderful Father's Day, everyone.
It started early, with the sun beaming in the windows and since it feels like we haven't had much sun lately, that alone kicked off a good mood and an urge for adventure. Armed with bottles of Citrus Prickly Pear Fuzes and blueberry power bars, we headed down to the park where one of my boyfriend's sons was running in a 5k long distance race along the river. The weather was gorgeous and the morning sun beating on all the wild carrots blooming along the river bank made the air smell just like hot, fresly-ironed cotton.
Weird, I know, but true.
Anyhow, watching the runners take off and then return was fun, and while I admire people who run for the pure joy of it, I can honestly say that unless there's a dire emergency, or a monster or a maniac is chasing me, or the delight of spring has seized my spirits and I'm so enchanted that I can't help myself from romping around, chances are you will probably never see me run.
After the race we went out to breakfast at a little restaurant that has a marble rye that I loved so much the first time I ate it that I actually got the waitress to sell me a loaf. YUM. On the drive home, we spotted a very tall, very whirly dust devil that looked like a thin tornado funnel rising up about 200 feet in the air, and spinning away in a factory parking lot.
Bizarre.
So we came home, got the Harley and went off to explore the countryside. We cruised along enormous fields of flowers -- crownvetch, daisies, wild sweet peas, yellow, purple, pink, flowers everywhere (is bliss too strong a word, here?) -- and stopped in the shade along the river to hang out for a while. We took a beautiful, deserted backroad I love, saw a Kingfisher flying along the creek, stopped for ice cream (I had an apricot ice cream cone, another YUM) and came home sunkissed, wildblown and happily tired.
Now I want to go out and play in my garden for a while. And then we'll see what's next.
And Judy, thanks so much for the beautiful postcard. I'm so glad you had a wonderful time!
Have a wonderful Father's Day, everyone.
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