We appear to be beneath the journey author microscope nowadays … thought I might share a actual 36 hours:
4:30 a.m. — Get up to unload dishwasher and discuss to finest pal in Ohio. Load dryer from wash final evening. Attempt to keep in mind time in Minorca to speak to different finest pal on Whatapp.
5:00 a.m. — Suppose it could be foggy. Means an excellent day within the Santa Ynez Valley. Visits to challenge websites might be beneath 100 levels. Head out to the backyard to lifeless head “Mediterranean” backyard; by the seems of issues assume I’d want to begin transitioning to “Excessive Desert.”
5:30 a.m. — Completed marking up some development particulars. Looks as if an excellent time to feed the birds. Nonetheless too early for skilled scrub jay, Mr. Blue Boy. Scroll by means of plant availability on my favourite nurseries’ web sites. Really feel unhappy about certainly one of my favorites closing quickly to make room for extra reasonably priced housing … however not reasonably priced sufficient for the fellows I work with.
6:00 a.m. — Hear tractor throughout the road. Oats are nonetheless too moist to bale since they’re turning the rows. Fog is lifting already. Determine to put on one thing else to keep away from warmth. Keep in mind to deliver huge water bottle.
7:00 a.m. — Pilates in Ballard. Small silent thanks that Bob’s Effectively Bread is closed on Pilates days.
8:00 a.m. — Bathe and tried to recollect if we’ve got gasoline in Mazda. Going to development web site on ranch in Mach E is nixed by hubby.
8:30 a.m. — Ship some fast emails to nudge contractors. Wave to neighbors strolling on newly paved road. One of many highlights of our summer season. I head to ranch to put out vegetation. Hold an eye fixed out for rattlesnakes.
12:30 p.m. — Eat a pair plums from our tree for lunch; ice chilly. Extent of my dwelling gardening nowadays. Head to Finley if I need a fabulous tomato. Keep in mind going to dinner at mates’ home tomorrow evening … simple pickings in our city for cool deal with for hosts, seize an “orange” wine and soy candle from native lavender farm.
2:30 p.m. — Zoom name. Hearken to workforce focus on want for superior therapy wastewater system.
3:30 p.m. — Choose up grandson and go to pool. Recycled “inexperienced” helicopter retains sinking regardless of pontoons. Good friend’s pool is surrounded by sunflowers and loopy beans, deftly hiding the chickens who preserve asking to swim.
6:00 p.m. — Hubby declares he’s hungry. Haven’t began dinner. Head to Nella’s. Sit at finish of bar away from door and watch the scene. At 73, assume I’ll skip the summer season boho gown. Keep in mind my very own after I noticed Janice. Meatballs app and salad. Whole lot.
7:30 p.m. — Atone for emails and keep in mind I’ve a Zoom tomorrow for nonprofit board improvement. No good deed goes unpunished. Begin wash.
8:30 p.m. — Critical dialogue on whether or not to look at Night time Agent or 1883.
10:00 p.m. — Swap wash. Keep in mind to water pots in morning. Be ok with progress of gravel backyard, not Monty Don requirements however surviving Los Olivos summer season.
NEXT DAY
4:30 a.m. — You already learn this half. Did I point out test Nespresso and Chewy orders? Make espresso. Discuss to daughter in Austin; have a look at grandkids in New York on Aura as I set free cat.
7:30 a.m. — Choose up ice at R Nation Retailer. Icemaker damaged. Ready for half.
9:00 a.m. — Meet son at Lefty’s to debate babysitting schedule. Getting near free cappuccino on my “Pals and Neighbors” card. Ask how manufacturing is approaching newest recording he’s mixing. Glad air conditioners he put in in his studio throughout COVID are nonetheless working.
9:30 a.m. — Drive to Santa Barbara; use of Mach E is okayed by hubby for metropolis drive. Evaluate plans in S.B. workplace. Superior wastewater therapy nonetheless a sizzling matter.
11:00 a.m. — Head over hill on Freeway 154. Marvel at water degree in Lake Cachuma. Nonetheless a miracle after 10-year drought that folks assume won’t ever occur once more.
12:00 p.m. — Cease at Los Olivos Marketplace for orzo salad and iced tea. Name pal to hit Bell’s for lunch in September when she is again at her ranch. Discover yet another home is being painted black and white or white and black relying on the place you land on hipster scale. Dedicated to maintaining our place “Lexington Yellow.” I’m noticing much more colour, even in Dwell.
12:30 p.m. — Cease at cease signal on Alamo Pintado by the flagpole. Watch man in entrance of me drive across the flagpole … new on the town. I wave them on, considering it is a fairly good place to name dwelling.
