Aaaaahhh, relentless beautiful summer............
Another splendid weekend. Another outside breakfast on the deck after a perfect morning walk to the harbor. It is hard not to gloat about the divine aspects of summer in Maine. It has been an unbelievable year. So as the white light shines down on midcoastal Maine, bathing us in late summer vistas, I cannot say enough how lucky I feel to be living here.
I woke this morning to the most splendid sunrise over the trees and rooftops to the harbor. So panoramic that I ALMOST bolted from bed to grab my camera and the dog leash for an earlier than usual walk. Instead I just propped myself up with pillows, deciding to marvel and meditate my fortune at just being here.
An hour later, with sun up and glistening across the water, I did sit on a waterfront bench to deepen my meditation. A sole swimmer was standing waste deep in a mirrored reflection - arms raised above head with hands clasped as if in salute to a perfect morning before plunging into the water for a cleansing swim. A mental note - remind me to do that tomorrow. I feel guilty taking time to sit at my computer to take any notes when it is a day for just being. But something tells me to write down and remember how it feels on the days when we wake up and all is truly well in the world.
Despite whatever.
Over breakfast, I wrote my to do list for the day:
- Plant mums
- Mow lawn
- Bike Ride
- Swim
- Write
- Bake banana bread
- Buy notecards
- Put a tall birdfeeder outside the kitchen window
And I expect that will be clearly 'enough'
Before I change the blade on my mower and tidy the yard, I leave with a few lines from Lucy Kaplansky
"But I'm old enough to know
Old enough to understand
All these things I carried here
Belong in a child's hands"
