Another lovely day in Dark Harbor! Had a long walk through the woods this morning only to return home and be warned about pestiferous ticks and the danger of Lymes Disease - yikes! I had a good long scrub in a hot shower and a remedial cup of tea before heading out for a swim. One can't imagine the danger in that except for perhaps the short sharp shock of chilly Maine waters, right? Wrong! There I was splashing about off the beach, all smiles and frolicks until a local man swam up for a chat and casually mentioned that there had been a Great White shark siting only last week in a nearby cove. What? Really! Eeeeeek! Feeling a little disappointed with my second jaunt of the day being tarnished with warnings, I decided to head home and relish in one my favourite activities - lunch!
There is not an awful lot to do on this little island and frankly that is exactly the sort of trip I need right now. Time to reflect, be mindful and enjoy the very simple pleasures in life such a walk to the post office to mail a hand written letter to an old friend. There is a lush vegetable garden outside of the house buzzing with enormous bumble bees and butterflies. Absolute heaven! It's become a daily routine to walk across the lawn with my basket and to literally pick my lunch - fresh sage, basil and arugula and an armful of rhododendrons to adorn the cottage. This is the life I aspire towards!
Today's lunch was a bowl of home-made cheese torellini with several handfuls of fresh garden leaves tossed in the mix with fresh garlic and pine nuts - yum! I have been meaning to go on a bike ride for a couple of days now. Having found a quiet path through the woods that leads to a hidden cove on the sea, I headed out after lunch with a good book tucked in my bag and intentions of a leisurely read on the beach. Ha! Ten minutes down the road I managed to hit a bump and was catapulted off my bike onto a pile of rubble - grazed my knee, suffered scraped bloody elbows and a sprained ankle. :-(
Limp limp limp all the way home. So here I now sit, on the sofa, foot up on a cushion and glass of remedial red wine in hand. Not sure what tomorrow will bring but one thing is for sure, I predict another delicious garden salad on tomorrow's menu. Surely a trip to the vegetable patch won't prove hazardous. Or will it....?! Watch this space! :0)
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