Had a most delightful evening yesterday. A friend from KC came down with her son. She and I had dinner at Ad Astra and then the three of us went to the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve and sat on blankets in the middle of a pasture and watched the meteor shower with about 150 other people. Unfortunately we didn’t see lots of meteors – certainly not like I had seen two years ago when I held a retreat. It was still a wonderful evening weather-wise and was so fun to sit out and enjoy the wonder of the stars. There were telescopes to look at the stars with and someone pointed out some of the stars and named them for us.
One of the buffalo on the Preserve was up close to the fence and I walked over and watched him for a bit. The rest of the herd was down the road a bit. They are so fun to look at and try to imagine what it must have been like to see roaming the hills years ago.
We didn’t get back to my house until after 11:25. We sat outside on the swings and watched for meteors for another two hours. We decided we had as good if not better view from the swings than at the Preserve. It was so relaxing and grounding to sit out and watch the stars.
The two of them spent the night and this morning we enjoyed a long visit before they left around noon. They were going to go take a hike at the Preserve. I so enjoyed the conversation I had with my friend. I needed an evening of “girl” talk. It fed my soul!
My other guests left mid-morning. He sure was an easy guest as he was gone most of the time. I may see him again when he comes back to visit with his son.
I woke up with a bad headache this morning and after they left I took a nap. Feeling a bit better now. Not sure why I had such a bad headache and am grateful it is getting better.
The energy in the air today feels heavy and thick for some reason. Beginning to think a big storm system is headed my way as the forecast is calling for rain for the next three days. Not sure if it is the smoke from the wildfires out west or what but the air quality is poor today. Kathy said she felt restless and heavy this morning too.
I went down to fix the shades on the chicken coop and for the first time heard one of the two baby chickens crow. Kathy said she had heard him crow earlier but this was the first time he had crowed for me. He sounds like a teenage boy as his crow cracked a bit. Sure is a beautiful bird but not sure I need two roosters. One of them just may find themselves outside the coop one of these days. I had guessed from the beginning that this one was a rooster. The other one appears to be a hen.
Got a fairy egg again yesterday. I hadn’t gotten one for several months. Sure wished I knew which chicken laid them and if that was the only egg she lays. If so she needs to go too. I don’t like free-loaders.
Have one more load of laundry to do and I will be done with that chore for the day. Still need to make up the three beds that were used last night. I have a guest coming in tomorrow late afternoon that is staying until Friday morning so will need to get at least one of the rooms cleaned before he gets here. Don’t have anyone staying in the other room this week so I can take my time to get it cleaned up.
Tomorrow I need to clean the living room, dining room and kitchen. I had been spot cleaning that area lately and noticed this morning how dirty it is getting. Nothing else on my calendar for tomorrow so have plenty of time to get it done.
I’m going to KC Thursday to have lunch with two dear friends and am going to do some clothes shopping. I need to get some jeans for the winter. I put on a pair of jeans last night and had to remember not to put my hands in the pockets so I didn’t pull them off as they were too big. I hate trying on clothes so am trusting I will find the energy to do so Thursday. I may get a few new bras while I am shopping too – I’ll see how the day goes.
Grateful for a night outside under the stars, grateful for a friend I could have a deep conversation with, and grateful my headache is slowly going away.