Life is feeling like reggae and Ray-Bans here. It’s all sunshine and groove. It’s so strange, people keep asking me if I’m stressed out about the impending summer relocation and my honest answer is, “Nope!” I’m just so darn excited, I can barely keep my socks on, which is actually fine because it’s barefoot weather here and I’m wandering around like a summer child already and loving the cool of the shade under the big blue spruce. This morning, I took a little quiet time to sit down and write a handful of letters to friends, near and far. Then a pal stopped in for coffee on the front porch and we had a dandy old time talking about the dark of winter, life lessons and naturally, our summer plans. It was delightful. All the fruit trees in the yard are blooming right now and it’s easy to waste an hour meandering through the grass, watching the progress of the poppy patch and wondering which plum tree will produce the most fruit this year. Springtime exists because of the natural cycle of our planet, axis tilts, proximity to the sun and all that technical, scientific mumbo jumbo jazz. Did you ever think, more importantly, it exists just to crack our hearts open like the knobby little oysters they are, once a year, every year — so that we can find ourselves stumbling around, punch drunk in love with nature and each other, all over again. It’s such a romantic time of year.
I’m wearing all my favorite lipsticks in not-so-gentle colors to celebrate. I’m like radical confetti descending on the shoulders of our friends. I’m like a lightning bolt of love adding bubbles to your champagne. Come over! I WANT TO HUG YOU! I’m an adoring spazz.
Robert and I, when we aren’t exhausted, have been watching the first season of Pushing Daisies which has us utterly enchanted and much to Rob’s chagrin, it has me wanting a lot of new dresses. Have you seen this series? But my gosh, it’s hilarious and darling. We’ve been working quadruple overtime here but every now and again, in the evening, we watch one episode of this show and it makes me laugh so hard and I say, “cute” a lot, when referencing it. At night, we flop into bed like little opossums, so exhausted, and mutter reminders to each other before we drift off to sleep.
What’s going on in your neck of the woods?