summer berth

 The days have passed in a whirlwind of activity and exhaustion, but here it is, 9:30am on Sunday and I'm almost all ready to take the camper to Kirsten's! The panic is over, leaving just a few ‘strong man’ things to finish before Wednesday. I'm excited!!!

Tuesday we will check the long range forecast and hopefully drag all the pots of plants out of the house and onto the deck! We have all of our herbs and garden plants (tomatoes, zucchini, butternut squash, lettuce), but no flowers yet. I can't visualize what I need and also, the place we used to get our flowers from has closed :-(  Next week I'll have a better idea so we'll comb the countryside looking for petunias! I haven't decided on white or pink yet.

We got the furniture out on Friday afternoon - I promptly fell asleep on the sofa until the mosquitos found me! The first nap outside 😀 . We've been in the pool at least twice a day since our first swim on Thursday. It was up to 20C yesterday! I've been going for a quick dip before bed and have found that to help my hot flashes  - I'm having hardly any at night now.

Sadly, and this may be the worst part of my whole ‘journey’, I likely won't be able to swim for at least three weeks starting this Wednesday after they insert a magnetic seed to help locate the tumour during surgery. If anything will bring me to tears, it's missing 3 weeks of summer… I live for a refreshing dip, even when it does turn me blue.

I'll be sure to luxuriate in the refreshing waters tomorrow when the air temps hit the low 30s! Summer is bearing down on us at full speed!

We are leaving the dogs and Grace home this weekend in the capable hands of Christina! We'll be able to get situated easier, and have our first night of socializing without worrying about the dogs alone in the trailer for hours on our first night out. Thanks Christina!

The lilacs and honeysuckles are in full bloom - it's like stepping into a perfume shop when I go outside. It's heavenly! Our apple trees are a bust this year - hardly any blossoms at all so there will be no apple harvest this fall. There have been years that the trees have been white with blooms, but there are only a handful on one tree. Spring started early this year and then ground to a halt with below freezing temps so that may have impacted the trees.

Later in the day! We are here and all settled in! Hurrah!

Awesome!

“a swim before bed”

“ready to hit the road”

“lilac tree pressing against the living room window”

“getting settled into our summer berth”