Having a Big Yellow Taxi moment January 25, 2007
Mark & I took the dogs down to Avalon this morning for what will probably be the last time for a while. Certainly the last time we can go down on a week day until the next school holidays (by which time there’ll be another person to consider).
It was just lovely down there. Avalon itself is not an attractive beach. Like lots of spots on the west side of the bay it’s been largely ignored but, of course, that’s the major part of its attraction for us. The only people you tend to see down there are fishermen - or at least their cars and trailers and there were lots of those today - and birdwatchers, with the occasional parkers thrown in to make things interesting.
Today it was still and gloriously sunny. The air was coolish but we could feel the warmth of the sun on our backs. The water had a lovely clean briney smell to it and looked pretty good too. I could almost imagine swimming in it. The dogs didn’t need to imagine. They did a lot of swimming.
Days like this are one of the things I will miss about Mark’s return to the world of the fulltime worker. It makes me realise how lucky we’ve been to have the last few months away from the rat race and how little I’ve appreciated the freedom it’s afforded us.
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got
Till it’s gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
It has certainly been lovely to have these months of both of us at home so much to enjoy and appreciate your lovely company.
I might have less time from now on but perhaps I’ll just have to be more appreciate.
xoxox