Just in case you’re wondering how far away Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts is…

I love the sign, and Mom particularly likes that it plots the distance to Waterville, Maine (at the very bottom), because that’s where her mother was born.

So, anyway, today we’re home.

Well, we didn’t STAY home the entire day. It’s supposed to rain for the next few days, so we didn’t want to waste the chance for a walk in the park.

Which Chappy definitely enjoyed–even if it did mean having to get in the car again.

Mom, Chappy, and I are still pretty tired, so we kept the walk-part short, but still, it was nice.

It’s been a few weeks since we’ve been to the park, and what a difference! It’s like an explosion of growth–leaves, grasses, all that. But most especially, the skunk cabbage, which is plentiful and huge.

At least, I’m pretty sure it’s skunk cabbage, but I’m positive that there’s lots and lots and lots…

But, otherwise? We were home by 1:00 and spent the afternoon mostly relaxing. I cooked Chappy a batch of food, and made tea for Mom and me this afternoon. As in, mugs of tea, which we drank with the Death by Chocolate we brought home from the Black Dog bakery yesterday. I’m almost done with my “book du jour,” and plan to finish it momentarily. It’s even possible that I might have dozed off a little there. I know Chappy has. He’s zonked today, and has spent as much time as possible today, just being glad to be HOME.

Really, I know the feeling. It’s just a shame tomorrow’s supposed to be rainy. It’s my niece’s Senior Prom tomorrow . . . I don’t want her getting wet!

One last thing–I saw this sign by a church in Oak Bluffs the other day, and it just cracked me up….

Nope–one MORE last thing–I just read about this site: Kiva. A do-gooding site with such a great premise . . . I only just heard about it about 1.5 minutes ago, so can’t vouch for it beyond just saying, “Wow, how great.” And so I pass on the knowledge to you, to do with what you will….

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