Work and Relaxation

With slightly warmer temps and no rain in the forecast, our weekend is looking to be bathed in golden autumn sun.  After a hectic, unexpected, exhausting week, this weekend is welcomed with open arms.  I am hoping for a mixture of work and relaxation as we put the outdoors of the farm to bed.

We cleared the front porch this afternoon, vacuumed the runners and nestled them into the attic until next year.  It looks so bare and unexpectedly spacious, yet rather inviting in this beautiful soft light, a perfect spot to sit and read for a while.  See?  Work an relaxation.

What are your weekend plans?  Whatever they are, be sure you get out and enjoy the weather.  My mantra with the kids has been, get out there and enjoy it, there are not many more days like this left!

::check out julie's post on architecture, great minds think alike, and were obviously awed by the cityscape of our times in New York!

The Two Faces of Relaxation

 Relaxation can take many forms.  A few days ago our family was at the beach, watching the kids play and taking tons of pictures.  We got home last night and today worked like crazy to do catch up work here at the homestead.  Thanks to a lot of rain and good friends, the ole' fort was held down well.  The garden more than doubled in size from the new little seedlings and small plants that we left behind to robust plants ready to put on their seasonal show. 

We are having our annual chili cook-off next weekend so between that and catch up from being gone for the week, we have been flying from task to task.  Some days our ambitions flow much better than others, and this was a good day.  You know what?  As I sit here with soar muscles and a few mosquito bites, I feel a different kind of relaxation.  The kind that comes at the end of a day of hard work, when I sit back and bask in the beauty of all the accomplishment around me.

There really are two faces of relaxation, but both of them involve a winding down, and we have accomplished that well this week.