Time to take a break from chores! We had a long day working our way back home from our much loved and enjoyed family trip to Canada. All of us gathered for lunch at Trolls in Horseshoe Bay on the way to Vancouver, and we were blessed with gorgeous weather for this important tradition. From the time we hit the traffic jam crossing Lion’s Gate Bridge (everyone was out on a Sunday enjoying the sunshine) the journey was a little less idyllic. No problems at car rental return or check-in, but the waiting in line at security and passport control seemed endless. We collectively reached our last straw at LAX with a long wait on the curb for the bus to take us to parking. At that point we kept reminding ourselves of our magical trip, which made any suffering worth it.
Today
is clean up day – unpacking, laundry, mail sorting, egg gathering, animal
tending, plant watering, and on it goes.
Now we all get “back to reality.”
It also happens to be J.P.’s 70 birthday. He had already been feted multiple times,
starting with candles on his desert in Vancouver, a chorus of happy birthday at
brunch and a birthday feast prepared by Max in our Intrawest kitchen. At present J.P. is at his desk answering emails
and making calls. We took a lunch break
to get a sandwich at Perry’s Joint, and will have bacon, tomato & avocado
sandwiches while we catch up on “Game of Thrones” tonight. Nothing fancy, but we are looking forward to
watching a favorite show and eating some comfort food. Not an exciting day, but never the less, a
satisfying one.
As
I was folding laundry (not my favorite) I was thinking about how much fun our
trip was and how shockingly fast the time went.
The planning and preparation were in the works for months, and suddenly
it’s over. It was so fresh in my memory
that my folding seemed to fly by with visions of beautiful snowy mountains and
smiling family faces. I carried the
images into the yard, but they faded when I began to notice new beauty around
me. Yes, some plants wilted from lack of
water (we had a heat wave while we were gone) and there are lots of new weeds,
but there are also new things blooming all around. Some are spectacular and some are small and
common, mixed in with the weeds, but when seen together they add up to a mass
of lovely.
It’s
somewhat like our exciting vacation, preceded by preparation and planning, and
followed by un-packing, laundry and playing catch-up with daily life. I see the joy in being aware of each
moment. When yo
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| Common little treasures |
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| Who Invited you? |
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| Dave and Conor waiting for flight |
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| Once a year beauty! |
