And what a joy it was, to awake to the shiny blue sky!
Actually, awoke at about 4 AM, which i have been doing nightly, to pee, and peeked out and saw the Half Moony, shineing her face off!
So yesterday, was a bit of a drear, but the sun Did come out just as it was setting, and this made for a very beautiful, purple, blue and pink sunset.
The Blue sky here is different from any other i have seen. It is almost translucent, and yet it seems like there is just more deep blue behind it. Even when there is only clouds, if I look deep enough, i feel like I can see Blue behind the clouds.
It is magical, to say the least.
All we did yesterday, was pulled some weeds in the tunnel, and Chelsey began an outline of a Sweeeeeet Lizard for the side of their house (which gets a beam of light, when the sun sets) and built fires.
It was cold yesterday! Cold and rainy! We had a talk, and felt what it feels like to feel, and then as the moment went on, the sun peaked its beautiful self out, and release, wa-la, breakthrough, shine On,
who knows, wrote a poem, and passed the time.
Today however, was full of activity...
Chelsey did the body of the Lizard with paint, and he looks radical!!! I asked Stiofan, to pleaseeeeee give me some work, because I really just wanted to work work work my little ass off, for rEAL! And he did! =)
He asked if i was OK with working with machines, and I told him absolutely, and he gave me a Big ass Lawn mower and told me to get goin' on his 6 acres.
ha! just kidding, but I did mow three fields, and got quite a work out! Then we made some felafel and had a nice lunch in the Sun!
After lunch, we decided to take the bikes out for a bike ride, on the nameless road, we are living on! This was a really nice ride, as we zoomed down the hills with the stunning view of rolling hills in our peripheral.
My bike was a rusted ol' single speed and Chelsey was riding an old mountain bike which she was afraid to change gears on for the thought that maybe it would fall apart, so she stayed on the gear where you're feet move super fast. Quite a view! We decided to make a right out of the drive-way and head for Feakle, which is the closest Village to us, at 6km away. It took us about 20 minutes, since we were mostly down hill, and came across a pack of loose dogs, which made us pedal Extra fast, and zoom past the pups.
When we arrived in Feakle, we thought we may have been in the Twilight Zone, but then I assured, we were just in Feakle, Ireland, population 122. There was a small street with no one but 2 old men outside, and about 5 dogs roaming around, one with a cast on it's front paw. There was one "food mart" which was the size of a closet and sold 30 different types of biscuits, and since i am a cookie monster i got this kind called Snacks by Cadbury, which is chocolate covered cookies! The man had eyes that looked in two different directions, and this seemed, right.
We decided to head back to the beginning of this one road, Village, to see if this pub (one of 4) was open. It was attached to another miniature food store, and Chelsey went in to check it out. Turns out it WAS, and so we went in to get ourselves 2 pints of Beamish! The young girl at the bar told us to go outside, since it was nice, and we took her up on it.
As we sat on the sidewalk sipping our pints, we watched a group of teenage boys walk by, 3 cars pass, 2 of which stopped in the food store next to us, and than one funny looking bus/car which pulled over just a bit passed us. An older man got out, and began to talk to us. He made us laugh quite a bit, talking about the Europe cup, parties, chelsey clinton, and how he sells Irish flags to bars, and a giant green Teddy Bear, for a raffle.
Next, he said he had something for our bikes. He proceeded to take out 2 Irish flags and some heavy duty duck Tape, and came back to fasten our new Pride Flags, to our Bikes. He put one on the back of Chelsey's and since i didn't have a spot on the back, he taped it right to the handle bars, so it could blow in my face while i rode ,which Chelsey informed him I would not mind at all. ha!
Next another man came out of the bar, and asked us where we were off to, and after about 2 words of describing the place with no name road where we are staying, he asked if it was the house with the grass roofs and to our surprise, we said yes. He said, "ooooh, yeahh." in a really sweet, heavy Irish accent, and he made us laugh a lot to. He was born in Feakle, and his accent was about as thick as the heat in Philadelphia.
So he wished us a happy walk with our bikes back up the hill, and we finished our pints and began the trek. We made it just about to the top, before we had to walk. Riding with our flags, was quite the sight, and had me laughing pretty hard, Ireland flag, flopping in my face, all the while.
When we got back, we reclined on the bench in the Sun for a bit, absorbing it as much as possible.
Quinoa and beets for dinner, because that is all for now.
We listened to some really wild poetry and now my eyes are straining to stay open as today was full of Adventure, which is just what our thriving brains need.
So here is to a journey that will blossom every ounce of wonder within us.
Namaste!
-mimi
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