Talking to the Owl

Whew!  My life is slowly returning to normal - or at least normal for my new life.  The new house is so much nicer than my old house that we are still trying to shake the feeling that we are just staying in this lovely colonial bed and breakfast and soon vacation will end.  It’s hard to believe it’s real.  Perhaps as I get through the mountain of change of addresses, it will seem more real.  It’s funny to change the address because the only thing that changes is our address number - we still live on Great Rd, except now we live in Limerock. 

Limerock has resisted the suburbanization with mixed success, but it retains some of the neat historical charactor.  Across the street is a lovely creek that winds through a field of daylilies and underneath a stone fence.  The fence continues up the hill and into dense woods.  Right next door is an old barn that served as the stables for the Lincoln Fire Department at around the turn of the century.  The nearest intersection contains a big concrete flower bed filled with sunflowers and a sign that says, “Please don’t pick the flowers.”  No road goes strait and no intersection is at right angles. 

The house was updated sometime in the 90s by the general contractor who owned it, and he must have been well-connected at the Department of Environmental Management, because the creek passes underneath the garage.  He did a great job with all his improvements and the house is really well constructed with lots of neat features: a cedar closet, a master bath out of a design magazine, a hot tub, and (until we got there) a pool.  We had the pool taken out and now there is a gaping hole that will soon become a garden with an outdoor chess set and herbs. 

I’ve claimed a good portion of the backyard as the family soccer field and I’ve been successful so far enticing Sylvia away from PBS kids to play soccer with me.  We bought a swing set this weekend and they’ll come install it in a few weeks.  There is a fire pit and we’ve set up the plastic chairs around it and are planning our drum and guitar circle around the fire later this month.  Let the Summer fun begin!