Reason tell me it is time to transfer my concerns to my small plot on Oakmont Drive as I try to reconstruct a life and make new friends, while still treasuring the old. The neighbors here (so close) have been wonderful. A big task awaits as I embrace new doctors, new stores, new dog walkers, a new gym, new gardeners and new handy men. Meanwhile, recovering from a fractured hip (doing well, thank you) and replacing the furniture damaged in a flood in my storage locker in Oakland (going slowly).. Some days I cringe at the stacks of unpacked boxes strewed around my living room and shudder at the stacks of insurance papers to process, but I try to do a little each day before I collapse with a book.
Kodi is having a hard time with the adjustment, too. I try to balance his stress with more TLC. He adores being rubbed down with dry towels after a rainy hike in Arundel State Park which he did this morning. This house has one great room with dark hardwood floors, called Tiger Eye. They are quite beautiful but of course highlight every wet doggie foot print. The house seems very dark to one being used to a house flooded with light. Wish me illumination!
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3 comments:
Wonderfully written. So glad you are moving on a bit at a time. What an adventure! hugs
Best wishes for all things beautiful and bright! The maple leaves are fabulous!
the answer to your questions (in this lovely blog)are as follows:
Yes, the new owners have closed (then re-opened, then closed, then re-opened) the windows to the green house. Yes, we check for limbs and remove them. (Though we did take down the one dead tree by the red workshop, and are glad we did, given the wind.) Yes, we have cleaned the drains. And, yes, the water level has risen several times on the patio, given the rain. But, all is well on Cathy Lane. We are learning - and it is not too much work. It is just the kind of work we love to do.
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