memory from (june 2, 2013)

soon it will be 48 hours since i arrived at my “summer place”

…. a few notes re that experience …..

I had a beautiful trip here. (tho no dolphins during the ferry ride this time)

arrived at my new digs to find that the previous tenant had done some furniture re-arranging and cleared out the outside sitting area. each major improvements !

but the place is filthy (even by MY standards ) and nothing has been taken care of !!!

in my first few hours here I have unplugged the bathroom sink, got the oven operating by replacing the fuses and currently have the burner drip-pans soaking to remove the burned- on tin foil !

in between these chores I sit outside and revel in the absolute beauty.

I’m thinking that the suite sensed my comparison of inside and outside

and showed her hurt by locking me out this morning when I went for my first smoke.

I had closed the door not realizing it was one of those passage locks or whatever they’re called.

so there I was at 5:30 in the morning locked out of my place. fortunately I had my first morning coffee with me.

several cigarettes and a couple of pees in the bushes later,

the guys upstairs woke and one of them was able to open the kitchen window.

GRATEFUL !

the previous tenant also left a few planters some of which are empty so soon i’ll be able to get to my gardening.

the grocery store is working well. I have experienced really good veggie salad and chilli. woohoo !

I haven’t yet organized stuff to cook as there are no cooking things here that I would use.

the grocery store was able to provide a new frying pan and an aluminum foil tray that will be ok for oven use.

so I can soon start to cook.

especially once I defrost the freezer which is one-half the size it is supposed to be. the other half being occupied by frost !!

HOWEVER the outside is absolutely stunning especially now that I am able to sit out there.

not really good for sun-bathing but I think I can fix-up something up by where I park my car.

there may be stuff that i’m forgetting but life has been FULL !