Miss C on Board...

Our special Miss C has been here for the past couple of days... after not seeing one another for a few months, she has been trying to pack everything she can think of into this weekend.  We've gone to the local thrift stores, we've been shopping for kitchen things for the little house that she's renting near Galveston, we've gone to the grocery store to buy ingredients for the zucchini pie that she loves, we've had afternoon tea in the breakfast room and dinner in the dining room. And we have talked and talked.... until way past midnight last night.

When I went downstairs this morning, C had already been up and dressed and she walked out of the door of the guest cottage and straight out into one of our fields, looking at the wildflowers and the pond, watching the clouds, searching for armadillo holes, and being careful of the thorny weeds and nettles. She is a country girl if ever there was one. And a braver 'girl' than I could ever be, out in these Hill Country pastures.

C's visit was a last-minute impromptu arrangement.... she discovered she could take the time from her job to drive here for a visit, and she also had someone to take care of her horse while she's up here. When she called on Thursday to ask if she could come up here this weekend, my immediate answer was "You don't even have to ask and just be careful driving."

So until C goes back home to Clear Lake, everything else here is on hold. I haven't had time to read, haven't had time to price items for my booth at the antique shop, and I haven't had time to even think much beyond what to cook for dinner. Life is very good.