by Judy Handley | Mar 25, 2018 | 2018 Life Logs |
2018 Life Logs, Day 84—Snowy Sunday
Date: Sunday, March 25, 2018
Weather: Wintry Mix with Periods of Sunshine; High Temp 38, Low 31 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Studio, Falmouth, MA
My window on the world was a bit confusing today. There were periods when snow was falling under totally overcast skies making it almost a white-out.
Then all of a sudden, there would be a break in the clouds and sunshine.
Then the snow would start again, even with the sun shining, and then we would get tiny little balls of hail. Winter is trying mighty hard to hold on in these parts, but the forecast is for warmer weather over the next few days and into Easter weekend. Maybe the lamb part of March is finally upon us and I am looking forward to it. The weather was so beautiful while I was in Puerto Rico, and I do miss that. But more than the sunny weather, I miss seeing Ziggy, Coco, Justin, and Jo every day. I had a wonderful week with them and I spent most of this day working on getting the photos from my time there edited and named. Slowly I will get that job done and have those wonderful memories bottled up.
I took a break in the late afternoon to go over to Heather’s to discuss gardening issues. For my birthday, I requested raspberry and rhubarb plants. But since I don’t have a place to plant them, they will be planted there. The question was where? We brainstormed various locations and then in the flurry of light snow and then tiny balls of hail we went outside to check out locations and made decisions. I will start getting the ground ready tomorrow and hope to have the raspberry and rhubarb plants in the ground as soon as possible this week.
by Judy Handley | Mar 24, 2018 | 2018 Life Logs |
2018 Life Logs, Day 83—March for Our Lives and Ollie’s Bday Party
Date: Saturday, March 24, 2018
Weather: Mix of Sun and Clouds; High Temp 46, Low 33 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Studio, Falmouth, MA
Although there is still snow on the ground, there was just enough sun and warmth today to give hope that spring will surely come soon. It was a perfect day for Falmouth’s March for Our Lives rally on the Green and for Ollie’s birthday party. Tomorrow will be much colder with a possibility of snow flurries, so I’m glad the outdoor activities were today.
I went shopping this morning for snacks for Ollie’s party and delivered those to the Goldstones. While there, I was introduced to Zuzu, Ollie’s new guinea pig.
Zuzu is adopted, so not a baby, but very cute. He is about the same size as Sam’s and Jonah’s guinea pigs. We played with him for a bit, and then I was off to Falmouth’s March for Our Lives rally. I saw one estimate indicating that over 800,000 people attended the March in Washington today. The gathering on the Green was very tiny by comparison, but a good turnout for Falmouth.
I am so proud of our young people and how they are doing everything they can to get action on the gun control issue. They are so articulate and so dedicated. Terry and Olivia and Jane and Bruce were also at the gathering. It was a good event and ended just in time for me to get to Ollie’s birthday party on time. Ollie chose a Ninja theme for his party and invited his friends to try the Ninjaline obstacle course
and walking the slackline.
Both are challenging for 6-year olds, but they had fun trying. We then had Ninja cake
and broke open the Ninja piñata.
Inside were inflatable swords for all the Ninjas which they loved.
It was a fun afternoon and Ollie was a happy birthday boy.
by Judy Handley | Mar 23, 2018 | 2018 Life Logs |
2018 Life Logs, Day 82—Dinner with Friends
Date: Friday, March 23, 2018
Weather: Partly Cloudy; High Temp 45, Low 30 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Studio, Falmouth, MA
I did work on photos this afternoon and posted my favorites from Puerto Rico on my Facebook page. If you would like to go there to see those photos, you can go to my Facebook page, Judith Handley, or go to this link which I think will take you there:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100013396515498
Tonight I had dinner with my Newcomers Dining-in Group.
This is a group of my closest friends here in Falmouth. Bruce and Jane Woodin just returned from two months in Florida and on Caribbean cruises. Midge and Bill Frieswyk recently spent time in on a ski vacation with family in Colorado. Peter and Karen Baranowski went on a Caribbean cruise in February but spent March here on the Cape. And our hosts tonight, Olivia and Terry White are the brave ones who have been here on the Cape all winter and have endured the past few weeks that have been particularly stormy. Everyone is ready for spring, but tonight’s dinner was a great reprieve. Terry and Olivia put on a full Indian spread that was absolutely delicious and the opportunity to visit with good friends all at once was wonderful.
Thank you, Terry and Olivia.
Tomorrow morning I will help get ready for Ollie’s afternoon birthday party. Then I will attend the Falmouth March for Our Lives Rally, one of the 800 gatherings happening around the world tomorrow in support of the Parkland, Florida, students. I will only be able to attend for a short time before I need to head to Ollie’s party, but I do want to show my solidarity with the cause. Then I will change gears and enjoy the six-year-olds at Ollie’s party as they face a Ninja obstacle course. Should be an action-packed day.
by Judy Handley | Mar 22, 2018 | 2018 Life Logs |
2018 Life Logs, Day 81—Getting Reoriented
Date: Thursday, March 22, 2018
Weather: Mostly Cloudy; High Temp 39, Low 30 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Studio, Falmouth, MA
Today was a day of reorientation–going from vacation mode to back home mode; going from sunny, hot weather to cold, rainy, snowy weather. I didn’t get much done as I think I spent time just wandering aimlessly about the apartment figuring out what to do next. Maybe tomorrow will be more productive. What I did get done was to get caught up on lost sleep, laundry, and communication with family and friends from afar. It was good to catch up on what has been happening in their lives while I was gone. This evening I went to an Open House at Sam’s new school to see a school-wide display of art work and to get a tour of the school. Today I had hoped to get photos posted from the time in Puerto Rico, but that has been moved to tomorrow’s list. And tomorrow night I will have dinner with good friends from here. Slowly, but surely, I will get reoriented.
by Judy Handley | Mar 21, 2018 | 2018 Life Logs |
2018 Life Logs, Day 80—Home for Ollie’s 6th Birthday
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Weather: Icy Rain Off and On All Day: High Temp 38, Low 33 degrees F
Location: Back Home in The Studio, Falmouth, MA
After two wonderful weeks split between Windbird and visiting with Justin, Jo, Ziggy, and Coco, I made it back home today just in time for Ollie’s 6th birthday. It was also the first full day of spring, but you couldn’t tell that by the weather in either Boston or here on the Cape. When I got to my car, I was greeted with the snow from last week, but thankfully nothing new. 
There was icy rain off and on all day. We might get snow tonight or it might pass us buy, but I know for sure that it is not 82 degrees and sunny. That’s Puerto Rico!
I arrived in Boston at 10:15 am and was on the bus back to the Sagamore Park ‘n Ride to get my car by 10:50 am. On the way home I stopped to do some birthday shopping and food shopping and then went home to make Ollie’s chocolate decadence birthday cake. I delivered the cake and presents to the Goldstones and had dinner with them. It was great and it was so good to see everyone. Ollie enjoyed opening his packages from his Grammy Marti because one was wrapped in Sunday comics from the newspaper and two others had photos on the front of the package. He seemed pleased with all of the presents, a book and light-up Legos from Grammy Marti and Legos from me,
but he was particularly in love with a stuffed panda Heather gave him.
He has a book called Panda Kindergarten that I think he got when he was at the National Zoo in Washington. Now he has the panda to go with it and he was truly pleased. Happy Birthday, Ollie!
All together I got about 4 hours of sleep last night since I was flying and changing planes. I am just too tired to post photos or even write a coherent log, but I hope to spend tomorrow posting photos from Puerto Rico and Ollie’s birthday and recapping the time on Windbird and in Puerto Rico. But now to bed.
by Judy Handley | Mar 20, 2018 | 2018 Life Logs |
2018 Life Logs, Day 79—Last Day in Puerto Rico
Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Weather: Sunny Early, Then Clouds and Rain in the PM; High 81, Low 69 degrees F
Location: At Home with Justin, Jo, Ziggy, and Coco in Rincon, PR
Today was my last day in Puerto Rico with Justin and family. The day started with Justin fixing a nice breakfast for everyone before heading to work. When he left, Jo did the chores and came in with 32 eggs! We realized that we have been so busy that no one had checked for eggs for the past three days. Then Jo needed to take one of the dogs to the vet and Ziggy and Coco stayed home with me. Ziggy finished writing his book about the farm while I worked with Coco on writing letters of the alphabet. Then we retraced our steps from last Friday, taking the farm photos for the book. Somehow the folder of photos taken on Friday ‘disappeared’ requiring the retake. In the afternoon, Jo returned and she planted seeds in the new deep beds she put in this weekend and Ziggy, Coco, and I continued our work on what will be the petting zoo area. We deepened and extended the trench where fencing will be buried to keep predators from digging under the fence to get in and to keep the rabbits from digging their way out.
The taxi comes at midnight to take me to the airport in Aguadilla for the trip home. The time here has passed so quickly, but it has been wonderful to visit with Justin, Jo, Ziggy, and Coco and to see the improvements to the farm after Hurricane Maria. It has also been wonderful to enjoy the warm weather. If all goes as planned, I will land in Boston by 10:30 tomorrow morning and it will not be warm!
