by Judy Handley | Sep 5, 2023 | 2023 Life Logs |
2023 Life Logs, Day 249: First Day of School
Date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Weather: Yet Another Beautiful Day; High 85, Low 66 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth, MA
Today was the first day of school. Heather sent a photo of the three boys, two of them not looking so happy.
Sam and Jonah had to get up at 6 am this morning to get ready to be at school by 7:20 am. Brutal. This was the first day of this for Jonah, so he was looking particularly grumpy. Ollie got up a bit early to be in the photo, but somehow he managed a smile.
At the end of another beautiful day, I had to go to Walmart to buy something. When I walked out, I was stopped in my tracks by the gorgeous red sails on the sunset.
From my new abode on Lakeview Avenue, I see neither the sunrise nor the sunset. I am going to have to make a habit of driving to the beach (or Walmart) near sunset this fall to see more sunsets.
Late this afternoon, I drove to the high school to see the first Falmouth High School soccer game of the season. Sam (number 12) did play in a tournament this past weekend, but this was the first official game. Both the JV and Varsity teams won their games this afternoon and Jonah (number 14) managed to get two goals for the JV.
by Judy Handley | Sep 4, 2023 | 2023 Life Logs |
2023 Life Logs, Day 248: No Labor on Labor Day
Date: Monday, September 4, 2023
Weather: Yet Another Beautiful Day; High 77, Low 65 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth, MA
On this beautiful day, I took the opportunity to do absolutely nothing. It really wasn’t a choice as the little bit of gardening and weed pulling I did yesterday set my back issues back a bit. I just have to stop doing those things I love but that I know will aggravate the two herniated disks in my back. And that is hard for me. But I actually enjoyed my day doing nothing. I sat in the sun, took a nap, played with Shadow, and read my book. I should do this more often!
Heather and gang returned from their weekend sail and invited me over for dinner. School starts tomorrow, Sam will be a junior in high school, Ollie will be in sixth grade, and Jonah … Jonah will be in high school. Hard to believe. Yesterday I had a long Skype conversation with Justin, Coco, and Ziggy. Jo is in England this week attending the wedding of a cousin. And Ziggy, like Jonah, is now a freshman in high school as well. Coco is home schooling for her sixth-grade year, and Ziggy is attending a private high school in Mayaguez. I said I did nothing today, but I did spend part of my evening trying to figure out when I can go to visit Justin, Jo, and the kids in Puerto Rico. I would love to go for Christmas, but the airfare is two to three times what it would in a non-holiday time. Plus, Heather, Jed, and kids will be in Maine and who would keep my Shadow? I’ll spend more time researching this and figure it out.
by Judy Handley | Sep 3, 2023 | 2023 Life Logs |
2023 Life Logs, Day 247: A Weekend of Beautiful Days and Sunsets
Date: Sunday, September 3, 2023
Weather: Yet Another Beautiful Day; High 76, Low 63 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth, MA
It has been a weekend of beautiful days and sunsets. Heather, Jed, and the boys have spent the weekend sailing Ardenna across Buzzards Bay from Marion to Quissett Harbor to Vineyard Haven and this afternoon to Great Harbor in Woods Hole.
I met them in Quissett Harbor on Friday evening for the first beautiful sunset and then this evening in Woods Hole.
Sam’s friend Robert joined them last night in Vineyard Haven, spent the night aboard, and sailed with them to Woods Hole and we all enjoyed the sunset together.
“Believe me my friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” So says Ratty to Mole in Kenneth Grahame’s classic novel ‘The Wind in the Willows’. And so says me.
by Judy Handley | Sep 2, 2023 | 2023 Life Logs |
2023 Life Logs, Day 246: Another Beautiful Day
Date: Saturday, September 2, 2023
Weather: Another Beautiful Day; High 70, Low 63 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth, MA
I got up at 5:45 am to go take Sam to Falmouth High School. He was meeting up with his soccer team to take a school bus to Nauset for a soccer tournament. I then came home and went back to bed for too long, got up and sat on the front deck with Shadow for a bit, went for a walk with Shadow, went to the store, made zucchini bread, and suddenly it was time to go back to pick up Sam. I took him home to shower and pack to go to the Vineyard to meet up with his parents and I went to a gathering of friends on Midge Frieswyk’s front deck. I then came back to pick up Sam to take him to the ferry in Woods Hole. By 7 pm, he was in a dinghy with his brothers and his friend Robert whose parents have a family home on the Vineyard.
And I was back home with Shadow having dinner. That’s what I did on this beautiful Cape Cod day. I’m hoping for another tomorrow so I can do some gardening.
by Judy Handley | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Life Logs |
2023 Life Logs, Day 245: Dinner on Ardenna
Date: Friday, September 1, 2023
Weather: Beautiful Day; High 71, Low 54 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth, MA
At the end of this gorgeous day, I had dinner on Ardenna in Quissett Harbor with the Goldstones. Heather, Jed, and Ollie took off this morning for Wings Cove in Marion where Ardenna is moored and sailed her across Buzzards Bay. I took Sam and Jonah school shopping, got lunch for them at Le Bon Jour, and then took them to soccer practice at the high school. While they were at practice, I baked the challah that Heather had made for tonight’s dinner and made fried green tomatoes to take as an addition to the dinner. The boys practice from 2 pm to 4:30 pm, but today they didn’t get dismissed until 4:45. We then headed to Quissett where Ardenna was waiting for us on the dock. We had a carload of sleeping bags and food to load onto the boat and then we were going to a mooring to have dinner. But there was a problem with the water system, and we waited on the dock while Jed drove to West Marine for a needed part. It was almost sunset by the time we were on a mooring in the inner harbor where we had dinner in the cockpit.
Today was beautiful as was this evening, but it was a bit nippy.
But I was fine in a cotton shirt so it was not cool enough to be uncomfortable.
After dinner, Sam and I headed home as he has a soccer tournament tomorrow. The rest of the gang will head to Martha’s Vineyard when the tide is right tomorrow late morning. Tomorrow evening, I will take Sam to Woods Hole to catch a ferry to MV where he will meet up with the rest of the family until Monday morning. Then I will pick up Sam and Jonah in Woods Hole as they have soccer practice on Labor Day afternoon. Heather, Jed, and Ollie will sail the boat back to Marion and the next morning will be the first day of school. This summer has slipped by way too fast!
Sam and Jonah had to get up at 6 am this morning to get ready to be at school by 7:20 am. Brutal. This was the first day of this for Jonah, so he was looking particularly grumpy. Ollie got up a bit early to be in the photo, but somehow he managed a smile.
From my new abode on Lakeview Avenue, I see neither the sunrise nor the sunset. I am going to have to make a habit of driving to the beach (or Walmart) near sunset this fall to see more sunsets.
