I am sitting by the fireplace, still steeping tea besides me, two cute but demanding dobermans trying to push my computer off my lap and replace it with a ball they are wanting me to throw one more time.
The dogs are my charge and my reason for being here in this forest paradise. Hold on, I threw the ball but it went behind something and the dogs can't get it. They are barking at the ball, trying to command it to return to them.
Okay, ball rescued and the dogs have returned to staring at me and poking me with their snouts, desperate for me to throw the ball again. We'll see how much writing I am able to accomplish like this.
The dogs belong to my brother and sister-in-law. They are taking their first real vacation in years right now. Going down to Arizona, where I just was, to visit my parents and do some hiking and whatever else suits them. They were supposed to leave on Monday, but car issues held them back to Wednesday. They'll be gone for close to two weeks.
The house is an earthship. Which, if you don't know, is an entirely self-sustaining house built out of recycled materials. The walls are built with old tires before covered up with adobe. The windows in the bathroom are made with multi-color glass from beer bottles. It is powered by solar, it is watered by a well. The layout is one long hallway with floor to ceiling glass along one side, buried into a hill on the other. The glass is angled in such a way to heat the house naturally. I'm not doing it justice. It's a very cool place.
There is Italian oregano and mint and rosemary growing inside the house that creates a wonderful fragrance. The house sits on 5 acres of secluded forest land. Plenty of space for the dogs to run and run and run. There are neighbors, but for the most part they are all secluded behing the pine trees. Every morning there are deer and wild turkey eating whatever seed the birds knocked down from the feeder the day before.
Not too long ago, my brother had chickens, goats, and bees here on the property. As well as a greenhouse full of cannabis. That's all gone now as they are moving in June to the mountain town of Leadville, Colorado. I do kind of miss the morning chores of feeding all the animals, but am also perfectly fine with just the two dogs and a cat. Especially since the dogs are constantly clamoring for attention.
The birds are active at the feeder now. I watch them through the window as I type. Downy woodpeckers, red wing black birds, a ton of finches.
There is a bell by the door that the dogs have been trained to ring when they need to go outside. The problem is that they ring it not just whenever they need to go, but also whenever they want to go outside. One has been ringing the bell every ten seconds or so for the last 10 minutes. I think he is wanting to chase the turkey, but I worry that it might be something more urgent. I have already cleaned up enough poop on the floor to not risk it.
So this is where I will leave you, dear friends.
May there be peace for all of us.
Oh, and I'm sure there will be lots of photos from the house coming in the next few days on my Instagram. Feel free to add me if you'd like: https://www.instagram.com/theholyapostate.
If you follow me, say hello. Unless, of course, you want to keep the mystery of what you look like a secret. I get that. I do.
7:54 a.m. - 2022-04-07
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