2019 Life Logs, Day 107: A Day of Sunshine

2019 Life Logs, Day 107: A Day of Sunshine
Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Weather: Mostly Sunny and Breezy; High 58, Low 39 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA

I spent my day enjoying the sunshine as it looks like the next four days are going to be mostly cloudy with rain. Yes, April showers bring May flowers, but I struggle with the rainy days. I LOVE sunshine. I spent my morning in attending a Newcomers ‘For Your Health’ presentation. The topic was ‘Detox Your Life’. It was a good presentation, but a little depressing. There are toxins everywhere—in our food, in our cleaning projects, in our personal care products, in our furniture, in our water, and on and on. After the presentation, I felt pretty good as I have already gotten many of these toxins out of my life. But there is more to do. I came home to have lunch, took a nice long walk along the beach, and planted a few things in my raised beds. I also prepared the indoor growing trays for planting more seedlings. I spent way too much of my evening working on the jigsaw puzzle on my coffee table. I am making progress,

but when this puzzle is completed, I am swearing off puzzles until next winter. They are addictive and take way too much of my time in this busy season intended for outdoor activities. When I just wrote ‘coffee table’, I wondered where that term came from. When I Googled it, I found that the first coffee tables, designed as low tables to sit in front of a sofa where beverages can be served, appear to have been made in Britain in the late Victorian era. The idea could have come from the low tables used by the Japanese or in Ottoman Empire. But if the current iteration originated in Britain, why weren’t they called Tea Tables? Mine is used for working puzzles, so I guess it is puzzle table with no beverages allowed! Tomorrow after an early morning physical therapy session, I will be outside, come rain or shine. Hopefully the rain will hold off until late afternoon as there is a full day of gardening and yard work planned at the Goldstones.