I woke up at my friend's house I was house sitting made myself a cup of tea (way too hot of a morning for tea), let the chickens out, roamed the orchard, and lied in the grass. I decided it was time to start my day and bike back to Hummel House for some brunch makin'. I made my usual fave: quinoa+over-medium egg+kale+ketchup=satisfaction and sufficient energy for the day. Hannah was stirring around as was Luke. We all talked of our dreams of the night and took in the beautiful, hot, sunny day.
At around 1PM we all decided it was time to get on our ways. Hannah was going to Lindsey's house to swim in the pond and cover herself in mud and Luke and I were set on going to Callie's Cabin (where Kyra and Eleanor live too) to see what these rockin' ladies were up to for the day. I called them, but no one was answering. Luke and I were going on a journey to see people who might not even be there. So we caught a ride with Hannah about 6 miles away to her stop (sans bikes-its a leap of faith leaving the North End--where we live--with no means of transportation to get back) then started walking/hitching towards our friends in the woods. A few minutes pass and who should pull up behind us but Kyra (imagine that!). We get in her truck and find out that no one is at Callie's place and we would've arrived to a friendless scene. Kyra invited us to join her in her plans for the day: dump run for her parents, garden pond swimming, and potluck/BBQ on the South End. Of course we were down and got along for the ride and flow of it all---we had no plans.
After the dump run we ended up at Kyra and Ralph's gorgeously idealic garden setting. The pond is quite large and the sun was quite hot. So we all stripped down went swimming and spent a few hours making music, chatting, laughing,and waiting for Callie to get off work. Callie arrived and swam with us for a while then we (minus Luke) drove for quite a while to get to a gathering on Lissa and Alex's land they just bought. It is so perfect. It's so awesome when meeting a couple in my age group who you can see growing old together in the most loving and awesome way. This is them. I didn't know if anyone going to the gathering would be going back to the North End, but I just put my trust out there that it would work out. And it did! This great grrl, Molly, was my ride home and we had a great time driving the country roads back to Hummel House. Now I'm home, worn out from a day of friends, fun, and flow. Life is special. I want so much for everyone I love to experience Lopez the way I am, who knows maybe you will someday, right?
Dear Sprout,
ReplyDeleteI have been lovin your posts and thank you so much for the bee u-t-ful photos and writings ....I hope to follow you - you are a fun blogger to read and to meet you someday . luke's mom - Kate Dobrowski