Liz | The Road Home

Held home

Walking down the driveway with Karl, the nearly full moon was visible through the trees. The sunrise alpenglow had me considering a run down the road to see what morning looked like over the valley. But the moon was still high and I didn’t want to leave the woods.

It did not cool off last night to the usual upper 40/low 50’s (F) and was a balmy 67 per my home weather station at 5:00 a.m. this morning. But there were gusts of winds high in the trees and some of that breeze made it to the ground. There was something about the sound of the wind in the trees, the feel of the warm breeze and a bit of melancholy that stopped me from chasing the color and kept me on my home ground.

The upper jet blew the few morning clouds into mares tails. I ventured to the edge of the woods to get a look. I was glad I was held home by the quiet and peace of my own woods.

Beating the heat…or when life hands you lemons…

Life handed me lemons…really – Lemons :)! Anyway, I have a Vita-Mix blender which I love more than a person should love a blender. But, I had been burning up regular blenders about once a year and have had the Vita-Mix for nearly 4 years. I make whole fruit/veg smoothies and this thing liquifies it all.

Montana decided to have some real summer – it nearly hit 90 yesterday!! The same forecast for today and not much cooling until the end of the week. In “it’s all relative” world, it is hot here. This lemonade hits the spot – lemons with most of the pith and peel (bioflavanoids!), honey and ginger. I look forward to all the lemons life can hand me…they are spendy, ya’ know :)!

Soft light

Yesterday afternoon, I was sitting in the sunroom doing a bit of work, not at my desk and opposite the chair where I typically sit. I like to work somewhere other than my desk if I work on the weekend – a change of pace, a way to make it seem not so work-like… I looked up, saw the light – noticed the way it softened everything. The filtered light both warms and cools. Colors seem warmer. In the heat of the day, the light through the blinds and darkened room feels cooler. Peace and serenity washed over me – warming my heart and cooling my thoughts – looking at the soft light.

Friday

Thursday evening, it clouded up, got dark and windy, the temperature dropped from 74 to 54 and the NOAA weather alarm went off with a notice of a severe thunderstorm approaching. I unplugged everything and joined Karl and Bob in the bedroom for a cozy evening reading and listening to the wind and low rumble of thunder.

The large cell passed south of us but we had wonderful soaking rain showers off and on all evening and into the night.

I was surprised to see Bob lying in the wet grass Friday morning when we went outside.

Karl checked on him…

And joined him. A bit of pick-up sticks was in order for the day.

The new moisture and rising sun combined to give the morning a misty start.

By the time Karl and I took our morning walk, the mist was just beginning to break up. Sun shone through here and there and lit the edges of misty clouds with lacy light borders.