Sonoma Sojourn

I’m a Pollyanna type of girl … I make lemonade out of lemons … I choose to look at the bright side of life (Monty Python is playing in my head as I do).

The weather here in Sonoma challenged me, finally, yesterday. It’s been raining, it’s been pouring, almost every moment since Day 2 of our arrival.

My happy-girl resources are running low.

I’m not happy wearing knee high rain boots anymore. I’m not happy fingering the release button on the umbrella in a timely way as I step in and out of the car, in and out of the store. I’m not happy forgetting that rain comes with wind, and with that wind, I get soaked because I’m not wearing an actual raincoat.

Enough, already!

Yesterday I returned some videos to the Library, and then took a right turn into the parking lot to drop off nine bags of books from my friend, Suzanne’s, house. As I did, here’s what I saw:

A Volkswagon with sculpture as roof – fantastic!

If it weren’t still raining, I’d have waited to see who the owner of this car is … I want to know him/her!

It’s been gray and dreary, so the whimsy of this artwork made me laugh. Yay! I’m still alive! I decide then that I need to brighten up the cottage, too, so I stop and buy beautiful tulips: mega-sale at Whole Foods, which I found out about because I had just downloaded the Whole Foods app. (If you shop at all at WF, DO download the app!).

Beautiful, full, robust tulips … brings joy to the eye and to the heart.

Uh-oh. Smokey has set sight on the tulips. She loves tulips, too.

I try to distract her with tulips of her favorite color: purple.

Smokey: 10
Tulips: 0

I know California needs this water. I’m okay with that … I just wish I could put on my sunglasses for a minute or two …