June 30th:
Set my alarm a little earlier and got up before noon. Hurrah! I resolved the problems my blog was having and got it up, as well as some more portraits. I packed up clothing for the weekend, and art supplies. The art stuff takes up more room than my clothes, ha. Ma was nagging me and I got all ready to go, but of course there was much stuff the parents needed to do. I helped Dad haul some bricks onto the truck bed. Then we hauled the doggie up and into her kennel. She was coming along with us on this weekend expedition.
We got some fast food in town on the way to Pulali Point. The weather as dreadfully chilly. I only brought my sweater. I was wanting warmth and sun and swimming. Now I need more layers. Boo! I helped the parents move some stones and switch out a light. Some spiders kept me away from certain areas. Then I stoked a fire in the fireplace and settled in to read. Someone has to watch the fire place, ya know. We took a soda break and watched some Horatio Hornblower. Dinner was chicken and rice for me, lasagna for ma and pa, broccoli for one and all. We watched the results show of So You Think You Can Dance. I’m not attached to any of the dancers yet.
After that, we went over to Celia’s place to look at the developments. Some nice new windows were put in, and her cat Lou Lou is HUUUUGE. A few years ago the kitty nearly starved itself to death. Her spirited puppy Corby has also grown sizably. I am randomly allergic to certain pets. Robin’s dog Emma? Yeah, totally. Holly, Corby, Lou Lou, Panda, Teddy, Miss Pie (Celia’s other cats)? Nope. Hmmm.
Today’s Portrait Is: Rachel Hagara
July 1st:
Ma and pa let me sleep in. How nice. In the morning, Ma, Pa, and Celia were clam digging on the Pulali beach. A nice low tide. On a public beach you can only take 10 pounds of clams, or so. Here we can be as gluttonous as we see fit. After clamming, we had bacon and eggs and toast. Mmm. After that we went to get dirt from a dirt farm. The dirt is for some of the plant beds. We will unload the dirt tomorrow. Lunch was hot dogs and s’mores. That was followed with a quick swim in chilly waters. I paddled on a paddle board. Did not want to submerge fully. It was much warmer today, and sunny, but not that warm or sunny.
We showered off and got the fire pit stoked and the grill going. I read my book. I haven’t gone through a book this fast in ages. Wild Cards, edited by George RR Martin. Quite good. I haven’t had the time to read for pleasure in ages. Normally I do the audiobook thing, or the research material things. Dinner was clams followed with burgers followed by mushy rice and vegetables. I had the first two. Celia joined us. Having a fire pit up at the house is nice. Normally we have a beach fire, which is nice, but since the sea wall washed away it isn’t so nice to sit down there. Anyway, ma and pa have made so many changes to Grandma and Grandpa Pedersen’s house at Pulali. Good changes.
After dinner we finished the episode of Horatio Hornblower that we started last night. Good watching. Tomorrow will be more manual labor and more clams.
Today’s Portrait Is: Hugh Laurie
July 2nd:
Dad made shape pancakes for breakfast! One was shaped like a clam. After that, Pa and I headed down the beach to go clam digging. We ran into Kirie and Mark and Paul and Debbie and chatted a bit, before going along our way. We didn’t have as much luck today and Ma and Pa had yesterday, still we brought up some good clams; steamer and butter.
After that I helped with some manual labor. Hauling dirt around and dragging branches. Pa and I headed down to enjoy the beach in those precious times before the tide has come up and the shadow casts over the beach. I didn’t swim, just read. I found out that about 40 pages of my book were misprinted. I’ll read them somehow, either by borrowing another copy or acquiring some pages through the internet. Still, bummer that paid for material isn’t good. Anywaaay. Caught some sun but didn’t burn. Ma came down and sunbathed a bit. Pa cut his hand on some mussels. A pretty big cut too. But we patched it up and put a plastic glove over the bandage. He cleaned clams and I read. When Ma came up from the beach, I hauled the remaining dirt out of the truck bed. We arrived at Whitney’s Nursery about eight minutes after in closed. So we visited Grandma and Grandpa Pedersen’s grave and swung by Yelvik’s and picked up some stuff.
Dinner was a feast! Clams! Celia’s tomato, sausage, chicken stew! Claw chowder! Garlic bread! S’mores! MMM! So good. I made a nice fire in the fire pit to accompany the meal. I’m designated pyro girl it would seem. After dinner we took a walk (we four, Celia being the fourth) and pruned the trail a bit. And followed that up with a full episode of Horatio Hornblower. Such a damn good show. We should get the DVDs. Tomorrow is more labor and then we head home.
Today’s Portrait Is: Robert Sean Leonard
July 3rd:
Breakfast was two fried eggs and three halves of toast with a glass of orange juice. Mmm! I walked over to Celia’s after that and hung out with her and ma for a while. Back at the house I sat and read for a while until it was time to head to Whitney’s to pick up flowers for the garden by the garage. Ma let me pick out a color scheme and I went with pink and reds. Got plenty of pretty plants and promptly placed them in the ground. That was the last Pulali task before we packed the truck up and headed home. It was a nice trip. Didn’t go on the internet once, even though I had the option to do so over at Celia’s. I’m liking reducing the multitasking I have become prone to doing. Internet breeds doing lots of things, and slowing down is nice.
Back at home, it was a quick unpack. I went about my Internet rounds. A nice salad was enjoyed for dinner. I watched about a third of Paint Your Wagon. July isn’t burdened with as many plans as June was. Hmmm.
Today’s Portrait Is: Lisa Edelstein
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