Brought the dogs to my friend Peter Herman’s amazing backyard. Got some great hot tub in while the dogs explored a novel place for them. Had great music and snacks and great company practicing my Spanish and teaching him a bit of Italian. I’m so lucky to have him as a friend through these tough times especially. I’ll certainly appreciate my hot tub when I get home to Wellfleet Drive again.
I’m very pleased with how some of my selfies turned out, and also glad I didn’t drop my phone in the water!
Brought some of my wind spinners over to the rental so it feels a little bit more like home while I wait for the house to be renovated. They were being surrounded by bamboo and weeds that I’m unable to fully tend to for now, so I might as well enjoy them in the interim.
This is what the Wellfleet backyard roughly looks like these days:
Feeling strong after moving a piano across town with one hired handyman on Taskrabbit. It’s nice to have a piano to practice on, even though I mostly play by ear. At first I wasn’t going to take the sheet music that came with it, but I’m so glad I did because one of them was Barbra Streisand!
On a lighter note, this sweater is my design/creation. As an Ab-Fab fan, I’ve always wanted to create a shirt that said this, as my derivative work from one of my favorite episodes. I was also inspired by the very large guy who had a shirt that said, “I survived anorexia.” While my very decorated home does not currently exist, I will once again someday have a home that was complimented at one point as looking like “a thrift store that threw up.” 🙂
These plastic shelves were annoying me and taking up space in the garage. They came with the house, but they just weren’t practical nor served any purpose in the garage on top of a monstrosity of a cabinet that we’re going to be ridding ourselves of due to its unnecessarily large footprint. Because I’m not worried about them in the elements, I woke up with the realization that I could repurpose them, but I wasn’t sure how. Sort of like how I was with Legos, growing up, I figured out ways to move around topsoil that I’ve accumulated. I managed to put the shelves next to my two gardening tables, making good use of the space, even though the two pieces don’t logically fit together. I think it’s an excellent way to use that wall for storage with partial protection from the elements, but with gardening items that can withstand our mild climate anyway. I guess you could call this my outdoor man cave, kayak storage and all.
