"The moments of joy we enjoy take us by surprise.
It is not that we seize them, but they seize us."
-Ashley Montagu
The first official day of summer found me at the seashore, while at home the deer greedily feasted on my beautiful blooming lilies. But the past month has indubitably seized me with an array of things providing moments of sincere joy on these summer days. I never seem to get all the things done on the list conjured up in my brain back in the merry month of May. The list is purposed, thought out and harnessed while summer is looming as on a vast horizon. Experience continues to teach me the enjoyment of the unexpected moments.
A day in early July Claire and I did something we had been wanting to do for some time; getting together and preparing a batch of fermented vegetables. French Cafe played on Pandora accompanied by the constant background hammering as the workmen were putting down hardwood floors in my bedroom.
The floors are completed now, beautiful and smooth, and we have just this week moved back into our bedroom. We moved mother here on a day in late January. Hardly believing that was over five months ago.
