It's Saturday.
Sigh
And it's a gloriously beautiful morning so far. A nice laze-about the bed, slowly waking up to birdsong and soft rustling of the leaves in the gentle breezes. Breakfast has been consumed and a 2nd cup of coffee is in the offing.
The soundtrack of the morning is as above. Benign music that teases your senses with fizzy, bright notes of joy.
For that is the theme of the weekend - joy.
This our last full weekend with no commitments to others for the next month. This is not to complain, mind you. Yet each weekend after this, thru nearly the end of June, we will have at least one day destined to be consumed by activities.
It's all good. Lots of church-related stuff and that's doubly good for we love and adore our parish family; any time spent with them is a blessing in its purest form.
And so this weekend it's all about - us.
Tonite it's "Date Night". We have season tickets to a wonderful regional theater and we always go out to dinner before each show. We've been doing this now for about 12 years - and it includes the same restaurant. A jewel of a hideaway, a tiny place where reservations are mandatory, the food is sublime and the wine list is like stepping into heaven from a soft cloud.
A place where, after all these years, we have our own table and get comped various and sundry treats including a random amuse-bouche, a tempting dessert or a house-made after dinner cocktail.
And a place where interesting music winds its way into your ears and your soul.
Tomorrow will be shopping for new deck furniture; we've been restoring our 20-year old, 2-level deck for the past month and it is finally finished. Time for a new table and set of chairs to go with the crisp beauty of our newly restored deck - painted a lovely deep pewter with white deck railings. Classic.
Just as this weekend will be. Classic - quiet, just the 2 of us indulging in the things that bring us...
...joy.
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