poplar road

I just got home from the coast, where the days are cooler than here although the nights are now milder. I went to a series of meetings for work, and then spent Friday and Saturday with my family. I made a decadent chocolate cheesecake out of chevre for my sister's birthday party, and we spent an hour or so in the park, watching the waves crashing on the beach. Meanwhile, Richard has been in Oregon on a short 4x4 trip. He rolled Mechano down a hill, cracked the windshield, and dented the hood, but managed not to hurt himself. A spectacular roll and I missed it, AGAIN!! A dose of testosterone for him and family for me and we should be in better shape going into what will be a busy fall.

There'sstill a tonne of garden work to do (picking apples, pruning trees, and digging up, dividing or moving bulbs and irises), the renos have been on the back burner for far too long, and Richard is hell bent on selling several more Mogs by the end of the year. And I'm starting month four of my new job with hopefully full time hours from here on in. The long drive home through the mountains got me thinking about my novel as it usually does, so I'm hoping to get back into that once gardening season ends. And I have good intentions about updating the blog more regularly, although lately we've been very busy doing things that don't make very interesting blog posts so I haven't found much to say or time to write. Now that the warm summer evenings are behind us and it's much nicer to be indoors in my cosy office, I'll have no excuse. I'm looking forward to the next round of visitors - next Saturday - to liven things up around here. Although I had quite enough excitement being in Vancouver the past few days. I need a nap!