Day four of my vacation. Today was just right, the way I would like to spend my days. I puttered around the house in the morning, doing a little bit of cleaning, sorting, reorganizing, finding things long forgotten. We had coffee and cold pizza for breakfast, and listened to the radio playing favorites from the 60’s. I watched the birds, and noted a rare-for-me rose-breasted grosbeak, a northern flicker, and the occasional hummingbird, besides my regulars. A robin serenaded me as I worked in the kitchen.

Midday we headed out to the home improvement store with a list in hand. We spent some time looking around and making some plans, not feeling rushed or too tired, so a lot was accomplished. There were two new perennials for our garden, the materials to make a compost bin, and blinds ordered for our kitchen door window.

I spent the afternoon in the yard, perennials planted, vegetables watered, weeds pulled. George put in considerable time making my compost idea a reality.

There was time to sit out on the deck and read, and eat supper, and have a phone chat with Garrett and my sister, Cheryl.

Tonight we walked about the yard, checking the growth of our young trees, and the appearance of our one little acre, and it all seemed just right. There is so much more we would like to do, as time goes on, but for today, there was just contentment with what is, and that we were able to be here together to enjoy it.