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| Life at he lake includes neighbours and dogs... |
Summer holidays brings a string of "Saturdays." Rain or shine, each day feels like a Saturday, traditionally the last day of the week, preceding the Sabbath. For me and my husband, every day is a new day during the holidays, ripe and ready to be enjoyed.
So, when a real Saturday rolls around it's interesting to take account of the others days of the week that have quickly passed by.
- Sunday- was time to say b-bye to our weekend company- family and friends from the family reunion.
- Monday- dump day- we gathered up the recycling and other items, loaded up the truck and delivered the waste to our nearest recycling centre.
- Tuesday-walking day- I took my first big hike (3 or so km) to Hanna Road and back.
- Wednesday-doctor day- we had our first visit to our new doctor's office
- Thursday-rainy day- we burned brush at the "cottage" (our daughter's new place)
- Friday- I had a good long swim
- Saturday-cleaned up the brush around a parking area and enjoyed a neighbourhood dinner party.
The days fly by and so do the weeks. However, the routines of lake life are never boring:
- I swim, hike, clean and read and my husband goes fishing.
- This morning I witnessed two hummingbirds feeding at our flowers.
- We have coffee in the morning and happy hour in the afternoon with neighbours who are also our friends.
- Tomorrow my brother will visit and another week of Saturdays will begin again!
This has proven to be a summer of contentment. I am learning to enjoy each moment. I hope you are too!
Until next time,
Bee Rich
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| Gardens attract the birds and the bees just outside the kitchen windows. |
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| Lilies in the lake |
All goes back to the earth,
and so I do not desire
pride of excess or power,
but the contentments made
by men who have had little:
the fisherman's silence
receiving the river's grace,
the gardener's musing on rows....
~Wendell Berry, "The Want of Peace"
