And everyone shows up at once…..

Time (n) the concept that keeps everything from happening at once.

Funny, it did not seem to be in play this week. We have been on The Island now for close to two years. We have not had many visitors, in fact we have been visited by our Niece, Abbey, and last summer and otherwise, the house has been ours.

Well this week we had a few guests. Arden (a dear friend, and our current tenet on the Texas farm) had been planning a visit. He was headed back from a WHO conference on dementia in Germany and decided that if he was flying through Newark, it would not be that tough to come a little further north for a visit. This visit has been in the works for a few months. We have looked forward to this visit and had made a few plans for some of the things that we wanted to do, but mostly it would involve hanging out and being cool.

Ten days prior to his arrival, I got a call from my paternal Aunt. I had not spoken with her in some time, e-mailed infrequently, and kept up primarily through her yearly missive outlining her travel adventures from the previous year. She had come across some American Airlines super saver mileage fares and it would allow her a trip to Halifax on the cheap. Apparently she had been in touch with Dad, and soon things were squared away for a visit to Canada. Once she had settled that, she got in touch with me to see if it would be possible for a visit to the Gentle Island. Having not seen her or Dad in some time, it sounded like fun.

“When do you all plan on arriving?”
“We will land on Tuesday and try to come see you on Wednesday.”
“Next week?”
“Yeah next week.”

So suddenly we had Arden here, and then after a few days, Charlie, Nita, and Ronnie would be spending a few days in our neck of the woods. The schedule was changed, but what the heck. So, after a little bit of work, we had recommended some lodging in the area and things settled down.

Thankfully the weather held for most of the week so that everyone got to see the island at a pretty moment in time. It was not as warm as we would have liked, but you can’t get everything. We have more visitors for the summer yet to come. We are expecting another visit from Abbey in June and a visit from Katy and Johnny in July. All in all it will be a busy summer.

Well the Strawberry plants need some attention and I still have to give the garden a quick weeding. Hope your days are as fun filled and that time will keep you from having to do it all at once.