At night I often wake a couple of times to gaze at the myriad stars and planets cruising across our patch of sky between the trees; going back to sleep, I praise God for such glory.
This morning we woke just before the sun came over the tips of the redwoods; John started the coffee while I looked at my new emails. Then I realized I'd not posted a new blog for a long few days, and so here I am.
So last Saturday, Julie came up for the annual picnic at Bracken Brae, bringing pasta salad, guacamole and chips to contribute -- and also bringing Danny D. (who made the guac) and his friend Kassandra, who made and brought me a Dragon's Egg. Kass is great, very intelligent and polite; we really like her, we think. She makes the eggs out of different colors and shades of clay, and bakes them in an oven; and they are just beautiful. Each one has a "charm" attached to it, so to speak; there's a handwritten little scroll about it, included in the colored mesh bag that holds the egg, and also a matching handmade bracelet. My charmed egg was for Friendship; I put it right in my pocket, to bring me new friends, and put on the bracelet -- and off we went to the community BBQ. I took my Italian potato salad; everyone brought something, and the Committee grilled burgers and hot dogs and provided the accoutrements thereof; and the irrepressible Peter, still a bit jetlagged but game, went out and bought a kids' wading pool and filled it with about enough ice to sink the Titanic, and a great deal of beer, soda, and wine. It was a great time had by all, with some little kids and some codgers like us, and everything in between -- about 25-30 people, and I liked them all.
Sunday and Monday were stay-at-home days; Tuesday was Market Day in downtown Felton, about 6 miles south, and we went down to check it out. Great food stands abounded (Indian, Mexican, kettle corn, spiced nuts) -- and wonderful fresh produce. We loaded up -- the white peaches were superb, folks!
Wednesday and (so far, Thursday) have just been organizing days; our offices are up and running well, the kitchen is really almost done -- filing the spices away this morning was exhausting, I think we have too many, maybe?
And throughout all six days, the weather has been salubrious; cool, even chilly, at night, very fresh and bright every morning, warm and breezy during the day -- and cooling down slowly at eventide, as we sit on our redwood deck and toast another beautiful day gone by.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
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(sorry for the deleted posts, the board needs an edit feature, not just a preview, for those of us who have quick trigger fingers)
The picnic was very fun and low-key. Just a bunch of nice folk sitting in a shady grove eating good food.
Which of course held little interest to Danny and Kass, so I took them down the trail to the creek. We ventured a bit and soon found the swimming hole! Now this is cool! Even in the summer, after a dry winter, the water was deep and cold-looking. There's a rope swing dangling above, but it looked like you had to actually get into the water to reach it. Another day, perhaps.
Danny and Kass are both avid hikers and were thrilled with this little bit of sunny, creek-y heaven. We found the remains of a stone and concrete wall -- and carved into it, "Bracken Brae Country Club, April 1927." Too cool.
Back at the picnic, a few long-time Bracken Brae folk confirmed that the swimming hole was quite active and had been used happily by people for years.
What a wonderful spot this is, such a friendly and peaceful community, and so remarkably beautiful. It's like living in a state park...
Julie (and anyone else who needs the info) - when you preview, your text should still appear in this window - just edit it more, and either hit preview or publish again.
Love the added information from Julie - fun!
Well it all sounds like heaven and I have to laugh as every single post contains food details. Some things never change...
Love you~ can't wait to come over next spring and see all this LIVE! I am not going in that swimming hole though, or hiking. That's a fact.
Leenie xx
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