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winged feet...
Holy cats has it been a busy summer - and more and more and more to come.
I've not been "jumping out of perfectly good airplanes" - though I have seen a few of them, nor have I been throwing myself off cliffs into ocean waves - though I would love to, nor have I been hopping on luge run bicycles - seriously ... I can't imagine ever wanting to do that.
Over the past month or so ("so" being a lovely nebulous term, which in this case means "longer than I care to admit, but not quite so long as my last hiatus") I have (in reverse order, because honestly it's the easiest for me):
- set up camp in a deluge, walked along the rainy shore of Lake Huron (rock hunting) and witnessed one of the most interesting Perseid showers ever
- revisited the Felt Mansion (Saugatuck) which no longer touts itself as a "notorious haunt" [according to the docent there, they are opting to "get away from that image, in favor of more elegant affairs" (yeah, I was kinda pissed about that)]. While I was bummed to hear that they're dissing their haunted past, it's nice to see the amazing changes they've effected on the house and the grounds, and I am happy for them that they've secured the lease to renovate the carriage house as well.
- attended my first, but certainly not my last air show. I got to climb up on (and was offered "into") an AMAZING replica of a WWII Nazi tank. The young boys who invited me up were amazing and utterly charming! Watching the Mustangs fly in formation was thrilling. And seeing "my" ultra-shiny F-86 fighter jet in action was breathtaking.
- Visited Lake Michigan to bounce the waves and deepen my tan!
- blew a giant glass bubble, and made a really cool torch-work bead. It was a Groupon deal - and I'm so glad, not only that I bought it, but that I was offered (and accepted) a way to actually attend it. It was a great feeling to once again be making something with my hands... and to have that something to offer as a gift to my Foo. I must never allow myself to forget the thrill of creating things with my own hands.
- rearranged my bedroom in a new and interesting way that I really like.
- set aside a bazillion things for donation.
- attended a number of small "family and friend" birthday and graduation parties for folks I really love.
- traveled to Maine with a friend to help a friend move around a couple of now-beautiful gardens.
- and have seen a number of really good movies at the Drive-In. This is a treat for both my entertainment-minded self, and for my personal nostalgia-fix, as some of my best childhood summer memories are centered on Saturday nights at the drive-in.
