home at last....

ok, so.....we all ate supper together last evening on the deck.....grandma is feeling so much better she walked down the street rather than drove.....after years of sitting in the overly hot corner with the built-in seating, we have moved the table into the shade to utilize the padded bench and green garden chairs.....so much more pleasant to sit outside in the shade....with the water splashing into the pond as a backdrop.....so very pleasant.....as for my second day off in a row....i mostly did laundry and hung it outside, and cut back dying perennials....the rose campion starts to look really leggy after the flowers are spent.....i do take time to spread the seeds before tossing the stems into the pile on the walk.....i am also ripping out more daylilies.....ones that i know to be single and orange that are blocking a rose in some fashion.....there is much more of this cutting back to be done.....and many more roses to deadhead.....but i opted to spend a bit of time reading rather than laboring on my off-time....i am still pouring over the book about 1000 places to see before you die....i am reading now about places in africa....i can see myself taking a nile river cruise to see the temples.....and sitting on a terrace at the mena house in giza with the pyramids in view.....i can also see myself on a 4-day hike across the south island of new zealand, with a guided tour that features huts with hot showers.....adventures worth saving for....a figure i have 13 more years to work before i can take extra long trips.....not just 4 day weekends here and there.....something to plan for.....and i so enjoy planning for trips....