Day 212, Year 8: Rainy Day
Date: Monday, June 3, 2013
Weather: Rain, Rain, and More Rain
Location: Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Today was all about rain. Mark and I had to go into town two different times today and we got to ‘enjoy’ the rain both times. Living on a mooring and having to take your dinghy to shore is great—except when it is raining. But we survived. Nothing else to report today.
Day 211, Year 8: More of the Same
Date: Sunday, June 2, 2013
Weather: Yet Another Beautiful Day, High Upper 60’s F, Windy
Location: Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Today was another work day for Mark and another gardening day for me. Last night’s forecast indicated that it would be cloudy today with possible rain, but instead it was another Cape Cod beautiful day. It did get windier as the day progressed, and by this evening in Eel Pond we were getting gusts to 30 knots. It has settled down a bit now, but we are still enjoying the extra power boost from the wind generator.
Heather, Jed, and boys got home from their weekend in New Hampshire late this afternoon. The temperature in NH this weekend was in the 90’s, but they had a great time despite the heat. And tonight we talked to Justin, Jo, Ziggy, and Coco on Skype. They have decided to leave New Mexico and move to the island of Culebra in Puerto Rico in the fall after they get home from their summer in England. So they are busy, busy getting everything packed up. They fly here on the 4th of July and spend a week on their way to England, so in just a month we get to see them. Can’t wait.
Day 210, Year 8: Garden ‘til You Drop
Date: Saturday, June 1, 2013
Weather: Another Beautiful Day, High Mid-60’s F
Location: Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Either I am getting very old or gardening is much harder work than I remember. Obviously, I am getting older, but I don’t think that is the problem in this case. I think it is memory. It is easy to forget just how hard or how long certain tasks take. So my memory had a bit of a jog today and I got done only about half of what I had hoped to do. So I will continue in the morning and hopefully get everything planted before Heather and Jed get home tomorrow. At least that’s the plan.
The weather continues to be lovely here. It was well above 75 degrees F in East Falmouth today, and with not a cloud in the sky, it felt even warmer. It was a good ten degrees cooler in Woods Hole, but that is normal. I picked Mark up from work at 4:30 this afternoon and when we got back to Woods Hole we saw that Steve and Irene of Star are back in Eel Pond. They spend their winters at their home in Nevis in the Caribbean and then sail back here in the late spring. A number of other Eel Pond ‘regulars’ showed up yesterday, so I guess June 1 is the beginning of the season here.
Day 209, Year 8: Living in Two Weather Worlds
Date: Friday, May 31, 2013
Weather: Another Beautiful Day, High of 70 degrees F
Location: Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Woods Hole is five miles from downtown Falmouth and about ten miles from Heather and Jed’s home in East Falmouth, but the weather difference is unbelievable. We can leave Woods Hole in the fog and find a bright and sunny Falmouth. The temperature difference is five to ten degrees all the time. So today was sunny and 75 degrees F in Falmouth but barely 70 in Woods Hole. And an even bigger difference was experienced by Heather, Jed, and boys as they drove north to New Hampshire. It was 90 degrees there—very warm for this time of year in the North Country. When I report the weather in this log, I am always reporting from Windbird’s location in Woods Hole. So today I spent my day in East Falmouth and enjoyed the 75 degree weather while Mark worked at West Marine. Heather had to work this morning, so Mark and I met her in Woods Hole and I drove Mark to work and took Ollie with me. Then Ollie and I went home and spent the next couple of hours just hanging out together. Heather and Jed then came home around 1:30 pm and did the last gathering of ‘stuff’ for their weekend trip to New Hampshire. Mark works tomorrow and Sunday, so I will take him in and head to Heather and Jed’s to complete the garden planting and do some computer work. And I will definitely enjoy the warmer weather in town.
Day 208, Year 8: Time is like a handful of sand . . .
Date: Thursday, May 30, 2013
Weather: Gloriously Beautiful Day
Location: Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Henry David Thoreau once said, “Time is like a handful of sand . . . the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers.” And how true that seems. I start each day with so many things that I want to get done, and at the end of the day, I feel like I’ve been grasping that sand too tight. Time just slips away so quickly. But then there is always tomorrow and I’ll continue working on my list of things to do. Mark worked at West Marine from 11-7 today and before he went to work, we did finally get the Taurus inspected. Yeah! I thought that was never going to happen. I did a bit of transporting Heather to and from Woods Hole, went in for a yearly dentist check-up, bought some plants for the garden, and got started on planting. That will have to continue on Saturday. Mark works again tomorrow and I am babysitting Ollie here in Woods Hole tomorrow morning and early afternoon. Then the Goldstones are taking off for New Hampshire for the weekend. It is the 20th anniversary of Heather’s graduation from St. Paul’s School in Concord. Could that really be possible? It’s that time thing again. It just keeps slipping away.
Day 207, Year 8: Blasting Off
Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Weather: Rain
Location: Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Today was proof that you can have fun, even on a rainy Wednesday. We continued the process of getting work done on the old Ford Taurus today in order to get it inspected. We left the car at the shop and drove Heather and Jed’s van from Woods Hole back to Heather’s house. Mark did some garden fencing work and I played make-believe with Jonah. We blasted off on a trip to Saturn and when we got there, we got out of the spaceship (the house) and went for a walk in space (around the neighborhood). The mud puddles along the street become hot lava flows from volcanoes on Saturn which gave our little astronaut a great excuse for puddle jumping. Much later in the day when everyone was home, we went out to watch Sam ride his bike. Little Ollie couldn’t stand it. He wants to do everything the big boys do, so we put a helmet on him and let him blast off on Jonah’s scooter. We then had a taco dinner at the Goldstones. What a fun day—despite the rain!
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