I had a lovely stopover in Beacon with Kit and Nate and Fiona. We visited or revisited local parks, tried some new restaurants and some old ones and mostly just hung out together and with local friends. At this point in my nomadic existence, I am amazed at the number of friends I have in Beacon thanks to Team Burke-Smith, especially Fiona, who is a great contact person. Walking Murphy, the three legged hound, is also a great way to get to know people.
And now I am back in Amagansett. That means unpacking a car that hasn't been fully unpacked for about six months. Winter clothes (I did leave in January), Spring clothes, which came in handy in South Carolina, supplies of Carolina Gold rice (a heritage food that I learned about last year in Savannah), two new needlepoint projects yet to be begun, supplies for a knitting project that's underway (a blanket sized for a growing young lady like Fiona) which will probably be finished in time for the next Polar Vortex, and a new hunt print (its easier than finding the ones in the storage space).
There are, of course, the usual chores like appliance repairs that got postponed from last summer and renewing membership at the local gym, and the inevitable dentist appointment. I guess I have to get serious sometime. Fortunately that still leaves a good deal of time for watching from the deck for deer and turkeys and the fox. The deer are no problem as the deer feed is particularly green this year. It's still early in the season so the neighbors are just beginning to come back, which leaves it nice and quiet for me and the wildlife.
