It wasn't tears of joy that pricked at the back of my eyes Friday morning… no, the sadness of packing the villetta and bringing her home was constricting my heart… another long winter, no villetta visits with long morning coffees and evenings lingering over suppers. I feel blessed that we have had three good summers there and are looking forward to hopefully a fourth!
The weather gods were on our side Friday - the forecast had been for rain but instead we packed up and drove home under sunny skies and a balmy temp of 18C!
Kirsten, Shawn, and Shenna arrived back home around 9:30 pm Thursday and I was happy to be able to tell them that Murphy was still alive… yes, I was fully expecting him to pass in the night after an entire day of diarrhoea, the last being mostly blood. Murphy is almost 16 so has had a good run but he has a strong will to live or maybe a strong duty to protect, so after 36 hours at death's door, he rallied Friday morning and is back to pottering around after Kirsten.
But now we are home with the trailer snugged up against the house, ready for a long winter - that was yesterday's job: shifting a mountain of detrus from wheels to sticks & bricks. There may be a few things that still have to come in, but the large bulk has been removed and tucked away in the warmth of the house. It's mostly just things that will be ruined by freezing, as well as a few things that we might want over the winter - like my extra supper bowls, our collection of DVDs, random clothes, and goodness knows what else.
The sky was low yesterday with the clouds weeping moisture. Not a heavy rain but enough to make it cool and damp. Today it's raining harder which is a shame as Carm has to get the hitch out of the truck. It's a good 75lbs so not an easy task. We'd wait until tomorrow but Carm will need to make some trips to the lumber store - John is coming tomorrow morning to start demolition on the front deck!
Awesome!
“safely home”
“a beautiful day for moving the villetta”
“all the bins tucked away in their winter locations”
“snugly warm in the house on a rainy day”
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