I think she packed for our family of six in that one big valise in the 1960s, but I can't be sure. She liked us to leave for our weekly cottage rental before 6 on Saturday morning, before the sun rose, our white Ford Falcon nosing along Bedford Road, leaving #187 farther and farther behind.. We would motor over the Bourne Bridge, crossing the Cape Cod Canal, before the traffic was too thick.
So, Mom, I miss you. You and Daddy definitely gave me this gift of Cape Cod, this legacy of beauty and strength and nature in its purest form.
Our Figgy is staying behind--she has two jobs, one at the store and one at the biology lab on campus--and doesn't want to take off both this week and our week later in August to see our family in Maine. She will join us for Maine. My mother-in-law, Mary, who is 90-plus, just moved out of the house she lived in for 50+ years and into an apartment in a house in Belfast, where four of her sons live. We haven't seen her since Thanksgiving. Covid has been rough and isolating for her.
Sis and Buttercup will join us on the Cape from Wednesday to Saturday. Yay. I see nature walks in my near future. Also masks, and for rest stops along the highways, sanitizers and wipes.
We have wheels! Just in the nick of time, our mechanic, Jason, found us a nice-looking 2009 Toyota for $5,000--and its Official Kelley Blue Book listing is about $7,000. We are good to go.
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Moey and I had a lovely trip to Spring Lake; I was back home today in Montclair by 1 pm, since Moey had work appointments. I brought a little jar of homemade rhubarb berry jam to Dan, who said it was really good. It was made, I believe, by the baker at The Ocean House B&B. I'm off sweets now, but her pretty mermaid layer cake, wow!!!!!! Want to get it for someone some day, maybe Punch.
This morning, I did beach yoga class at 7 am with Grace. Such a privilege, truly. She does the class on Thursday and Saturday mornings and I'm hoping to get back for a another stay that includes her class.
The coffee at the inn was excellent. The building's history is rich; dating back to 1878. After yoga, I walked by the kitchen and heard metal against a bowl, probably a whisk in the eggs.
The dining room is retro and cheery but many of us, including Moey and I, ate out on the wraparound porch, at tables placed at a safe distance from each other.
I better go. Dan and I caught up with laundry and most chores, but plan to leave in the morning, and we have not packed. No washer and dryer at the house; I usually do one trip to laundromat on Old Cape Cod.
Still have a little work-work to do for a magazine article, too, before we leave. But I'm tired now and will get up and do it in the early morning--emailing my questions about a very pretty interior design project to the source--in France. I also heard about more upcoming freelance work. Good night to you.
TCOY
- Yoga.
- Looking at sea, gulls and flowers--and children up so early with their grownups on the beach. Remembering those days.....
- Walking around the town; so many cute shops,
- Afternoon therapy appt on phone. Helpful, insightful, as always.
- Walked Sug around the block.
- Talking to Moey.
- Ate a homegrown tomato from my friend Elaine. Also, some fresh fruit, oatmeal,
$ MONEY SPENT OUT OF POCKET
- Small jar rhubarb jam, $8.
- Flowers by Colleen, this tiny flower shop, a pretty pink flowering houseplant for Moey and one for me, about $16.
- Whimsicality, a dream home furnishings store, pretty hand soap in clear glass bottle to bring to Cape Cod, $16.
- Breakfast tip in jar, $5.
- Peanuts, $1.
TOTAL DAILY SPEND: $46.
ONGOING MONTHLY SPEND AS OF JULY 30, ADDING IN ALL DAYS NOW: $2,637.07.
AVG DAILY SPEND: $87.90.
This July is much higher than last July, tho I didn't track July 1 to 4 last year.
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