A long time between posts, but as I am moving away from Social Media, I’m back to blogging.
We arrived upstate on the 25th April. Winter was closer than Spring! There had been a ice storm only 2 weeks before we arrived. But I was happy to escape the ongoing heat of our southern Hemisphere city , and I find beauty in this place all the time, so bare branches were just the promise of things to come. The air was cool and even the heater woke up in the early hours of the morning.
But I did discover evidence, quite a lot of it, of some home invaders seeking the warmth of our clothing & linen . Mice had been nestling in drawers and closets. people told me how cold and long the winter had been, so after the first find of mouse poo, I was feeling some empathy for the creatures. Lots of washing, cleaning out . But then I stopped that to prepare for a Sydney visitor. I do love it when our family and friends comes to share this amazing place with us. As T. was only to be here a few days , we wanted her to see some of the local attractions. On a cold wet day, when Michael was coming down with a cold, we headed off to Bennington to the museum , where we enjoyed the delights of Grandma Moses’ paintings and a lovely TV interview with her ( done so long ago it was in black and white!). Followed by a drive to Manchester to visit the Northshire bookshop
The water pump failed , so no water for 30 hours till the plumber arrived, and the internet was dodgy so our guest endured a taste of country life , and seemed none the worse for it! It was sad to see her go on her next adventure.
The house invaders evidence has been remediated , items washed, patched or even discarded . and textiles will be packed away in future.
So then spring turns up , somewhat late and in a hurry, and suddenly we were in tee shirts and complaining that it was too hot.
Here is the same view exactly one month later.
The birds are busy, the bumblebees are busy, a few scout Monarch butterflies have visited to check out the state of our milkweed ( tardy) . And it cooled down again! In the first week of summer. But summer doesn’t last too long here so Nature is getting on with business , this week the poppies in the meadow are opening, the irises are out and all is good
For now, we are enjoying catching up with friends and family, and eagerly awaiting our next guest who arrives in a few weeks.
