Fence is done and dusted - Jazz in June finally!

I headed out to the trainer session on Tuesday noonish.  When I came back, the contractors were all gone, and the fence was done!  There is still a lot to do inside the fence for me, but for now... peace in the neighborhood.  The masonry guys next door are still at work on their project.

Here's where the new fence abuts the old, at the gate.  The gate hinge connects the two.  I only use this gate as an emergency exit, since it opens into the neighbor's yard.  

If this next photo unnerves you, you might have been pandemic affected!  Jazz in June is a local tradition, an outdoor concert every Tuesday evening in June.  As you might have gathered from the past couple of weeks' blogs, it's been rescheduled or moved indoors the first two weeks, and I bowed out of that option.  As is, people sit, converse, eat food from food vendors who park their trucks nearby, and chill to whatever group is playing that night.  

Our party was seated on our camp chairs about 8 feet behind these folks, also in the shade of old Architecture Hall.  In front is the art gallery's sculpture garden, where the musicians were set up for Jazz in June. 

This is our little group, going from front to rear you see:  Lacey (son's fiancé), her dad, me, her mom, and an extra friend of theirs... the empty chair they joke would be my son, ducking the cameras... but in fact, he has an online zoom class that conflicts.  Weather was nice, cooling off as the evening progressed.

When I got home, the neighbors across the street were out enjoying the evening on their porch, including mom and newborn (now a month old).  I was not going to get too close, as I'd been around quite a few different people recently, but I did step across the street and we visited.  I was introduced to the little king (Mir_____, I still have not adjusted to the names in Uzbek, but I asked the mom what the meaning of the name was and she said it means a king... so to calm my mind, I think of him that way for now.)

Newborns are so precious!  Anyway, I told her about the geese, but I didn't have the printed photo with me at the time.  But now I know it's a little boy!

Wednesday, I'm ready for a day of quiet!  It won't be completely quiet, as Wednesday is sister walk day, but I'm kind of done in by the crowd thing Tuesday evening.  I don't know if I'll go again next week... I have myself down as a "maybe" in my mind.  Because before then, I have the trainer on Thursday, a kayak date slated for Sunday morning, and the Mellerdrama for Sunday afternoon.  I might just be out of peopling energy by the end of Sunday, and today being a quiet day just what the inner soul needs!

Here's hoping you're listening to your own inner needs and taking steps to satisfy them.  Self-care is important so we are able to engage in "other care"!

Life is good!  Keep on Sparking!

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