Today’s mood is 54º (12ºC), breezy, and filled with beautiful sunlight.
Processing the changes of a cross-country move involves a lot of nuance, something the internet is particularly horrible at. I’ll get back to posting more as life solidifies.
Guess I’m not going to make the bed today.
The joys of a Midwestern fall evening.
🐝 Amazingly beautiful day at the Plymouth, MI fall festival. We soaked in the sun while shopping through the local artists’ booths. We probably didn’t need to cap out day off with a burger but they were so tasty.
60° and sunny. Perfect for visiting a local fall festival.
”Yeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhh!”
Met a peacock this weekend and immediately thought of how they wake @maique’s family up all the time.
Sheep are usually thought of as cute but I couldn’t help feeling creeped out by this guy. After this photo he kept staring, hooked his horns into the fencing, and slowly pushed his face further and further into the wire with quiet grunting noises. A disconcerting experience.
We visited a local farm today and met a Highland Coo taking a break from the sun in the shadow of the barn.
Even though I’m across the country, I can always count on spotting birds of prey. (My wife tells me this is a Merlin Falcon which makes it much cooler! 🧙♂️) He, or she, wasn’t around very long but I managed to catch a photo under the Japanese maple.
Journaling in the shade of the trees. Moving has broken nearly every old routine and loosened many thoughts and feelings that need to be sorted through. Such dramatic change is an opportunity for growth that I don’t want to squander.
We made it. The first day was 14 hours of driving and the second about 6 hours.
Our last evening in Florida. The usual half-hour afternoon thunderstorm finished and we’ve crammed our cars with our remaining belongings. There’s nothing left to do but try and get sleep for the two day drive to Michigan.
With the generous help of friends and family, we managed to pack all of our worldly possessions into small-ish shipping containers for transport. Now we prep ourselves for the cross country trek to Michigan.
Sunset in my family’s garden.
My family’s bromeliads are blooming like crazy right now. I’ll miss their lush colors.
Chilling in the afternoon glow.
Summer sunrise through the live oaks.
I guess Paramount wasn’t so particular about their TV swag in 1992. 😂 Everyone is assembled but they’re all in half poses, looking in different directions. A perfect metaphor for my family’s current state. Today kicks off a long, multi-month, voyage towards our new home in Michigan. We packed our suitcases and left our house to begin the first leg of our voyage; two weeks with my family.
“Helping”
This is my cat beautifully expressing my family’s exhaustion. We are in the nasty bit of moving where, no matter how many things we box, it feels like we haven’t made a dent. We know it will eventually end but the only way out is through.
One of the crazy things I’ll miss about Florida: A small cloud raining into another cloud that is raining on probably one city block of space.
Here comes the sun
It has done nothing but rain for the past two weeks and my tiny yard is now a tiny lake.
