Shelves accompli-Springing hope

Bret has been working on the kitchen shelves for the past several days. He left today for a party in Malibu at about 2:30. It was so warm today that I really didn't get into gear until the sun went down. Now, I have to play a litttle shuffle game with the dishes and the pantry items. I'm a bit hesitant to do this because the shelves aren't exactly done, but Bret says, "Go ahead and put the stuff in there."......Hope springs eternal, let's hope that the dishes don't spring!............. The "Throw out" mantra was thrown out several times this weekend, and it is so true, I do have to squeeze my size 12 stuff into this size 2 house.......A bigger house is not an option.........Most of the houses around here have cars parked in the driveways because the owners have solved this problem by stuffing their garages with the excess stuff............Presently, my garage with all of its unopenned boxes is haunting my dreams.........I think I read a novel once about never-ending boxes.........hum........ring a bell?

Ojai played host this weekend to a mock rock and roll festival. Bands that pretend to be The Stones or The Who etc. played in Libbey Park from noon to 10:00 P.M. on Saturday.........It was a very transgenerational event with the old grey heads mixing it up with the purple streaked punk heads.........My neighbors, a retired architect and his wife, walked down for the morning session and returned for the closing act, The Grateful Dead........Their son, the doctor, came from South Carolina for the event, so he and his friend spent the whole day........It struck me as kind of an odd thing to get excited about, but we drove by the park at various times during the day and evening and listened to a few of the bands.......They sounded pretty good.....Maybe next year, I'll get out the tie-dyes and have a go at it...........This year it is classical FM and finding that box with all of that 60's stuff...you know.....for next year!.......Behind the cloud topp'd hill, a humbler heav'n............Peaches are raining to the ground now......Life is good.