TheBanyanTree: First Night In A New Town

[Cecil]

At 11:36 AM -0400 6/7/04, NancyIee at aol.com wrote:
>This past weekend, we decided to stay over in our new place. We packed
>lightly, or hardly at all: a change of clothes, a couple of towels, 
>toothbrush, and
>something for breakfast.
>
>We brought cereal and strawberries, but forgot milk and bowls. We brought
>bread, but no toaster or butter. It was a good thing we were going out to buy
>paint, we ate breakfast out, also.
>
>We are using the weekend to paint. But, first, have breakfast out and buy the
>paint. We found a cute new restaurant and lingered. It was past ten when we
>got to the store for paint. It was one of those superstores for building
>supplies, and had more paint samples than I could possibly count. I 
>wanted lavender,
>Do you know how many shades of lavender there are? Maybe a hundred.
>
>It took me an hour to pick the one I wanted. I bought only half enough, so
>will have to go back another time for the rest. When we had used up all the
>paint, and the room was mostly lavender, we closed up the paint shop and just
>enjoyed the afternoon.
>
>It's ten acres of pine trees, several mockingbirds, kites (the birds) sailng
>overhead in the updrafts, and little white egrets in the pasture. There are
>also an orchestra of frogs seranding all night, and owls,, and something kept
>rooting through the underbrush next to the house. The dogs went mad, 
>so it must
>have been some critter they badly wanted.
>
>It's so incredibly peaceful there. It rained hard during the night. I woke
>and sat on the screen porch to watch it. In the morning, first 
>light, I went out
>and the grass was already responding with new shoots.  The roof of my mini
>van was covered with dry pine needles fallen in the night's rain. I 
>found little
>critter tracks going down the driveway. Possibly raccoon.
>
>I hated to go back to the city, but I have the birds there, and I know
>they're waiting for their food. I hate the idea of packing and 
>moving. But I'll love
>living out there.
>
>
>
>NancyLee

Hope you have a spare bedroom, 'cause I'm coming to spend a week with 
you, but if you don't, I'll sleep in the barn.

Mockingbirds and all sorts of wild critters - now that's the kind of 
place to which I want to take my new digital camcorder. I want to 
photograph the wild life and record the bird songs.

There are no songbirds anywhere near where I live.

I know you will enjoy your new place, NancyLee. Send me some photos.

Cecil