Today we had lunch with a friend at an Indian Restaurant in Newburyport. She asked me how I liked retirement, and I said that I can't find anything NOT to like. Having lunch with someone on a beautiful day near the sea on a Tuesday is pretty great.
I am surprised how fast the days motor on. I can get into a project, look up and two hours have passed. There is a long list of things to accomplish, and George and I whittle away at it as we motor through the day. Today he mowed the lawn, and washed out the hummingbird feeders. We had our usual 3 hummingbird summer -- that is, we fill and refresh the feeders over and over, and each summer, we have very few hummingbirds partake of anything we offer. This past week, we had a lady hummer visit us on the back deck. She was interested in the small but prolific pink Penta plant that I salvaged for a dollar from Lowes - because it was a plant that looked like it needed saving. It thanked me by blossoming and Mrs. Hummer came right to the table where I was sitting to graze on my little plant. Amazing. Then, off she flew over the roof - too quickly by far.
Our projects take us to places like beneath the bathroom sink, to reorganize and clean with new shelf paper, and into the basement to do more throwing out of stuff, and into the refrigerator to throw out, clean and add new. There are lots of places in our little palace that always can use a little visit to make things better. Working full time has a way of eating the time that you would normally spend "bettering things". When we tire of making things better, we always seem to find a project that will make things worse. When my son was small, he went to Montessori class in the morning. I remember his first teachers meeting. The teacher said that he was REALLY creative about use of the toys and tools, but he was having trouble getting the knack of putting things away.
I know the feeling.
Have a GREAT day!
