North and Norther

Last week, I bussed it up to Mass & ME to be reacquainted with Nature and with some of my maternal home fries. This is what they look like:

(Maine Nature)

(Nantasket Beach Nature)

(Kono the Dog)

I love that damn 80lb. puppy. We just laughed and laughed, Kono and I. I also spent some QT with the moms and the grand 'rents, etc etc etc. It was fantastic! I didn't talk as much as I expected I would because I was quite overwhelmed with the clean air and panoramas and lack of humidity and being around so many people who remember when I used to poop my disposable pants. I was fully occupied with soaking it all in. I sat on a porch facing the White Mountains for probably 75% of my visit, just watching the hills and the birds  (rose-breasted fancy lady finches...female mourning doves...little bitty brown hoppers...). Why does bird-watching work?! It's a mystery. I was enthralled.

I was fed fresh vegetables from gardens! Chicken from outdoor grills! Homemade breads! When I retire from the career I have yet to establish, I will happily move up to the North Country, [have someone] plant me a garden, buy a mountain lake, and sit in my hand-whittled rocking chair and proceed to slip blissfully into senility (I predict my brain will start slipping shortly before my 40th birthday). There are way too many days between this day and that day.

Thank you soooo much, family!! For the familial love, the hospitality, the stories told, the wisdom imparted (and absorbed), the patience displayed. I'm a lucky, lucky gal.


Kass

KONO 2012!!