Home is Where The Tomatoes Are:

I’m home.
Boy howdy, it feels good to be in my nest of feathers, treasures, fur babies, grapevines and down valley drafts!

Speaking of nests,
one of the things I love most
about papasan chairs is they do
feel rather like a nest to me…
do you reckon the same?

Yesterday I made the thirteen hour drive from Tacoma, Washington (just South of Seattle) to Pocatello.  It’s a monstrous distance when your iPod is out of juice the entire way and you’re the only one driving.  Monstrous.  But I made it and I’m settling into real life again. 

I slept in a bit this morning, harvested a load of veggies from the gardens, TOMATOES TOMATOES TOMATOES, cleaned a bit, bought groceries and canning supplies (it’s that time of yearrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!), visited the chiropractor (I’ve got something bothersome happening with my neck), gardened some more, and at the moment I am attempting my first gluten free baking job — rhubarb crisp.  I’ll let you know how fantastic it is tomorrow.

I’m going to try to be back in the saddle by Thursday which means studio hot as well as interwebular correspondence answered.  I’d shoot for tomorrow but I think my neck needs to see a massage therapist…

Thank you all so much for traveling with me and for all of the glorious comments you left on my Washington posts!  You’re so delightful, kind of like a kitten cherry baby octopus pie.

Love, love and love,
Plume

Oh Canatweetda!

Sometimes, as a Canadian in the USA, I’m not sure what to do with myself on Canada Day.  So I put on my red bird mask, jump around a bit and pretend like the Queen is watching.

Joyeux anniversaire Canada!
Tu me manque.
Love,
Plumester

FINDING THE DOOR

ENTERING IN

PRAIRIE LILY

STALWART

DESPITE THE WIND

WE CAN DRIVE IT HOME
WITH ONE HEADLIGHT

COMING ON

BRACING AGAINST THE BREEZE

A THISTLE WEARS ITS HEART ON ITS SLEEVE

KEEP A LIGHT IN THE WINDOW
SO I CAN ALWAYS FIND MY WAY HOME
HOME
is such a delicate word
defined in so many unspeakable ways
written on our hearts where no one can see
home IS where the heart is
home is with my man
home is the northern great plains: Saskatchewan
home is Idaho with my grape vines wrapped round me, tendrils tight, fruit bright
Some places draw me to them.
Some places I will forget.
Some places perch upon the throne of my heart
for now and evermore because when we are together, there’s no telling where the one begins and the other ends.  I’ve got prairie beneath my nails: I’m named for the lilies there.  My blood runs black as the soil in a wheat field.  I don’t ever leave, I just let the land play tug-of-war with my soul until I see the light in the window and return home.  Wandering.  I’m wandering.
KEEP A LIGHT IN THE WINDOW
SO I CAN ALWAYS FIND MY WAY HOME

https://www.thenoisyplume.com/blog/2009/07/05/461/