Whoa! For those keeping score at home, today is the two-year anniversary of the day we moved to Grass Valley! It was rainy and cold and our furniture wouldn't arrive until the following day, so we spent one chilly night on air mattresses wondering if a motel might not have been a little smarter.Somehow, I didn't imagine then that by this point we'd still have a few piles of cardboard boxes here and there, which have become just a part of the decor. And maybe I thought I'd be a bit farther along in my plan to have the Nevada County art community completely blinded by calligraphic brilliance. So, what else is new?! We love it here, anyway!
Today, we hiked the property a bit, trekking down to Little Greenhorn Creek (sh! OK, so it's a bit outside of our actual property line), looking at wildflowers and noting that some trails would make it all a bit more accessible. We'll get right to that (right). I noodled around in the garden area for awhile, pleased at the progress, for a change, and looking forward a few weeks to the last frost date so that we can set out some seedlings. The daffs in front are still looking pretty good and all the little trees I've planted so far have made it through the winter. Check.
We love being closer to the kids and we do our best to keep in touch with other family and friends, though we'll never be as consistent about it as we should be, of course. We're so grateful for technology! The weather is wonderful and living in the trees makes us feel like we're at camp every day. Camp with a lot of chores and no Friday night faggot service.
Anyway, two years after a significant change in location, we think it's going pretty well. Come and check it out! Here are a few pics of Little Greenhorn Creek (which can be heard, if not always seen, from our back deck. And our house way up there. Oh, and that's us, too. More soon!
