Since it's harder for me to drive to Cape May the way I used to, to watch birds and walk and see the ocean, because of the distance and the wildness of the traffic nowadays, it occurs to me that this place might be my new getaway.Only and hour and a bit away.
You can arrange quite simply to go stay a couple of days, not expensive for full room and board, and complete with wonderful building, animals, labyrinth, friendly people, very safe and welcoming for a single woman, resident cat and dog, well, this might fill the bill. And the chief nun in charge of hospitality already said, oh, just call me, we'll fix it up any time you want to come, always room for you.
I've been looking for a place of this kind, for a couple of days now and then, low stress to get to, affordable, and friendly. People to talk to when you want to, but they'll leave you alone when you need to, because so do they. So this discovery might be yet another great thing my embroidery guild has done for me.
And for funny and nice sights nearer home, take a look:
Gary's Last Rose of Summer, next door on the truck waiting to be planted. Possibly waiting for me to get back from my adventures to help with the planting. He assures me this is positively the last shrub he's buying. Yeah.
And marigolds in the front yard of neighbor and keen gardener Lakhshmi, with and without monarch butterfly, first monarch I've seen this year.
Very few butterflies about this year, but many amphibians. Go figure. Happy to see this one, though.
I've noticed a sad lack of monarchs this year too, so it was lovely to see your picture. And it sounds as though you've found a perfect retreat spot, as well as having had a great experience playing with goldwork. All in all, a win/win.
ReplyDeleteWhat a stunning shot of that butterfly! We have a lot of common butterflies here now because some local person started a butterfly farm. it is very uplifting to see them flitting about.
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