mlerules

Today was a really good day of getting stuff done here at home (Hive Magnum). Initially 'twas just me (laundry galore, running errands, taking care of this 'n' that, &c.) Then a friend came over w/good food and helped me build a pea-arbor/harp/whatzit to let my snow- & snap-peas grow even higher. (What a difference a week of good growing weather makes! My recent travels coincided w/lotsa sun and rain and my garden enjoyed it mightily.) Another friend came by eventually and pitched in w/weeding and then hanging more art on my walls. The first one left and the second stayed for pizza and extended Fellowship of the Ring watching.

My recent Toad Rip was MARVELOUS. Lotsa great Nature and outdoors stuff and man-made stuff and one of the most fun weddings I've ever attended. I enjoyed tide pools, lighthouses, ocean sunsets, gardens, redwoods, Kinetic Grand Championship boat/float race, another lovely river drive along CA's Hwy 96 aka Bigfoot Byway, The Feckin' Tinkers at Oberon's in Ashland after a delicious dinner at Lark's, &c. Approx 85% of the folks at the wedding are or were HSU Lumberjacks (marching band members). For a chunk of time during the wedding, they all played for the dozen or so of us who weren't (or who'd come from too far away so didn't have their instruments). It was GREAT - and what a fab start to their married life together!

Meanwhile, a dear friend w/terminal cancer (jaylake) has gone into his final decline. He's now in hospice care at home. Dunno if'n I'll see him again, although I may take a caretaker shift to spell his partner next week if need be. It's really hard. Everything's currently happening in my world as if I'm in an aquarium looking out through thick glass and lotsa water. Rice paper walls. Not grieving yet, but my heart's getting ready. *sigh*

Remembering the importance to live life well NOW, because we never know what'll happen next or how much time we'll actually have. Luckily this is indeed how I DO live already, although the past couple of years've certainly slapped me hard across the face w/the importance of this always, intentionally.