5 Acres of Solitude

I hated last summer………it was hot, the mosquitoes were especially mean, it seldom rained and the walls of the Airstream were beginning to close in on me. By the end of July QT Pie and I were getting on each others’ nerves. She was constantly in play mode and I got very little rest. I was glad when school started and I could focus on something else besides my pitiful self. Sooooo……..I was determined that this summer was gonna be better than last. I was out of the Airstream and in my new house for one thing. QT Pie was a year older and had Clyde to pester. Had to be better. It turned out to be my best summer ever.  I loved being at home. I loved being in the forest. The heat didn’t kill me. There were NO mosquitoes, fleas or ticks. I made several new friends. Wrote everyday. Loved it. Loved it. Loved it.

Now I’m back at work in the schools, staying home as much as I can. Being a hermit is beginning to appeal to me. Even have another documentary idea regarding such.

Love to you all,

Lynne

Here’s another photo………at least I hope so. We’ll see…………I’m thinking I shoulda been takin’ notes when Dawn was telling me the steps. Love, Lynne

Here’s a picture of my new adult playscape. Note that I am adding a photo to my blog post. Dawn is teaching me how to do it……….one more time.

Here I am trying to remember how to add a photo to my blog………..if it happens, the picture is from the platform of the Adult Playscape (aka tree house) that is being built in my forest. It’s gonna be a place to sit among the birds. I love living in an aviary.

Drats……….didn’t work. Got a fatal error. I am out of memory. Not what I wanted to know.

Love, Lynne

I’m learnin’ how to post photos. This is fun. Love, Lynne

Jesse and James finished their first mosaic project………..we all love it.

Here’s a photo……….QT and Clyde

Clyde has become QT’s best friend. He goes home when he is called for dinner, sometimes returning with his bowl of food in his mouth.

I’m in your blog.  Testing it.

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Hugs,

Dawn

OKay…………here I am writing a post to show Dawn I learned something in my blog lesson yesterday. She has done some fancifying of my blog and I need to know what’s different. One thing is………I think I’m going to be able to send pictures right here…….in this spot. All I have to do is find my photos on my new computer. That’ll be my goal for the day. Especially since my goal for yesterday…….find my tax bill…..didn’t happen. What is it about looking for stuff?? There are learnings in the quest, I know that for sure. Thanks for your comments to my writings. And thanks to Dawn for her blog inspirations. That picture at the top is really my back yard. Cool, huh????

Love, Lynne

Welllll………….all the knick-knacks were not in their place and all the boxes were not off the deck, but my new house got rave reviews. My book group came Thursday night and they were impressed. The guys even had the bat house up and the banisters placed………..I love hearing and seeing folks’ reaction to the features of my house. I started this project with the notion that I wanted to feel like I was living in Art in Nature. Sure feels like I got my wish………My friend Jane identified the ‘personal’ theme that has developed. She’s going to make a photo book for me when I get things ‘perfect’ around here.  LOL…. as my friend Melody says.Thanks to Dawn for adding the pictures to my blog. She may be making some changes, so stay tuned.Love, Lynne 

I feel like I’ve moved into a mansion. Cousin Kathy came for a couple of days to help me move out of the Airstream. Yippee. It happened. Couldn’t have done it without her. Goal directed behavior has its merits. We even moved all the boxes of fragibles in my computer shed and got them unpacked. Now I have knick-knacks on all the surfaces of my new house. My book group is coming on Thursday……….I’d love to have all the book boxes unpacked and books and pretties in their places on the shelves………and the deck cleaned off. We’ll see. Depends on whether my team of workers shows up before Thursday. Weather is supposed to get nasty. Sure has been pretty lately though.I love my new house……………..Good things come to those who wait.Love, Lynne