You think I'm once again referring to mosquitoes, don't you? Well yes, there were those. We had a lot of rain once more and this is very pleasing to those mozzies. But I'm thinking of another type of buzz -- there is a lot going on today and it began very early and lasted pretty much the whole day. And it just got better and better. It went sort of like this:
I'm snipping lilies. It is tough going today because everything is so wet. I'm drenched, my pickings are especially slimy. But, the flower beds do look good and I am grateful for that.
I nudge Ed to do what he promised to do weeks ago -- find a replacement for our couch cover (it has tears in it). I have guests tomorrow and I'd like the couch to look good. And he found one he likes: instead of the soft organic cotton throws we've been using (they wear out ever so quickly!) he found something akin to burlap. We spend the rest of the morning discussing the pros (according to him) and cons (many, according to me) of sitting on burlap,
I get a call, too, from my friend in Poland who has been helping me find a place to host a dinner this summer. One place closed, another is cavernous and weird. A third may work but it requires my initiating a conversation with the managers. Okay, I'm on it! Sort of. This is when I remember I'm supposed to be getting tickets for a movie this afternoon for the kids and a few grownups. Okay, I'm on it! Eventually. And this is when I get an email from Delta that on a forthcoming trip, I've been rebooked to a connection that has a 37 minute layover in an extra stop airport. There is no way that I would ever choose that kind of a connection. I must call them. Ah. Wait time to reach a rep? 1 hour and 16 minutes. Great, I can finish doing the laundry and settle a cat fight. This is when my last much delayed lilies are set to arrive. Just six, but they will need to go in. I'm NOT on it. I'm somewhere in between cleaning the bathroom and washing up breakfast dishes. Yes, there was breakfast. On the porch. It went by ever so quickly, what with our discussion of burlap and all.
And now I see that it is time for me to leave for a lunch meet-up on the Union Terrace with this group from Chicago!
Of course, this is the fabulous part.
Without Snowdrop this afternoon because she is over in Illinois, picking out a hamster. Not for her, thank goodness. She's assisting a friend. The remaining four? Happy as clams to be up on a Union chair again.
(ice cream for the youngest two)
Lunch isn't really leisurely because, well, I did book an afternoon movie for three kids and three adults.
And in the evening, all of us, including Ed, go out to Sardine. Such a family place it has become! So many important events and insignificant but still lovely dinners we have had here!
Equally lovely are the minutes after dinner. We walk down to the edge of the lake and the evening colors are just right, and the lake waters feel to refreshingly wet!
Oh, these kids! So good to and for each other, so good for us big guys too...
True, I do feel like I've mashed the throttle today. The trick will be to stay cool, focused, but also calm in the days ahead. I'm on it! I think.
with so much love...
