Ahhhh

( My view for the next week )

I have rented a house in Palm Springs with a few friends (all fully vaccinated). (Dinosaurs, pizza slice pool floaty, and glowing time travel cave not pictured.) The inside of the house is fine; the outdoor space is glorious. I'm typing this from the backyard living room, where I expect to spend most of my time this week. I rated this house as my top choice based on this back patio alone and feel entirely confident that I made the right choice. There are so many birds here -- I see them flitting by, hear them chirping all around. Right now there's a mourning dove down in the bushes and another hanging out on the power lines overhead. Also butterflies and dragonflies and flowers and cacti. It's beautiful and restful, and exactly what I needed.

We have no specific plans except for lounging and cooking some dinners, and that is entirely fine by me. I hope to get you some more dispatches from poolside, but if not (it certainly didn't work out last time), I'll see you all next week.