What a beautiful evening we had last night. There were six of us for dinner and then two more beautiful young women joined us for the sunset and moon rise part of the evening. The sunset was a bit disappointing to me as there was a cloud bank just above the horizon so we didn’t get to see the sun slip into the horizon. However, the moon rise made up for it as it was glorious. We sat out for at least an hour after the moon came up basking in it’s beauty. Got out the sage stick and those who chose to were smudged.
The two young woman who joined us later in the evening spent the night camping out in the yard. They slept in the swings for part of the night and in their tent for the rest of the night. I was afraid they were going to get eaten by the chiggers which are really bad this year so I showed them the beds in case they wanted to come in. They stayed outside all night.
One of them was from Lincoln, NE. She and her friend had planned to spend the weekend together and she had searched for a full moon event on Google. It didn’t turn anything up close enough for them to attend so she searched Facebook and found my party. Her friend is going to Vet School at K-State. Both are in their early twenties and have such beautiful souls. It is always refreshing to me to see young people who get it. Gives me much hope for the future of our country. We had a good conversation about energy work and about life and death and our beliefs about it.
My long-term boarder got here last night around 7:30. They had managed to restore power to all the customers in the Eureka area. As he had worked 40 hours in three days they gave him Friday off. He packed up and headed for home last night. His fiancé had been on a trip to England for three weeks and he was anxious to see her. He will be back Sunday evening.
Have a guest checking in this afternoon between 3 and 4. She is staying until Sunday morning. Have two more guests coming in tomorrow evening and staying until Sunday afternoon. Have another guest coming in Monday that is staying until Wednesday.
I have the queen bedroom cleaned and the bed made. Towels are washing. The guests coming in tomorrow are using the same room she used last night so I don’t need to clean that room. The kitchen is cleaned up from the dinner last night and the house is back together again. That was easy!
The doors I ordered for the stained glass are in already. I need to find the oak quarter-round pieces so my handyman can get started on that project. Nicole has a friend that does woodworking and he was going to check out a place in KC this weekend to see if he could find what I need. I’l slip up there sometime next week to pick the pieces up if he can find what I need. I will also make some phone calls today too to try to track down where I can find it. Topeka or Wichita is closer than KC so may go there instead.
My nephew is here finishing up some yard work for me. Glad it is a bit cooler today although I’m not sure it is that much cooler. I will be glad to have the projects he is working on done. Feel like I have crossed off lots of things on my to-do list this month. Love when that happens!
My heart is full of gratitude for the beauty of last night. I don’t know anything I love more than having friends over to share the beauty Mother Nature displays out here on my little corner of the prairie. It reminds me each time I have friends over to slow down even more and take the time to sit and enjoy the gifts in front of me. Living here it is easy to take for granted my view and forget to stop and enjoy it.
Grateful for the two new friends I made last night, grateful for those that came to see the full moon rising, and grateful for the guests coming and going.