small wonder

this small patch of paradise in the Lud Valley

looks a good deal like Monet's Garden

without the hordes of tourists and the Japanese bridge

[but there are plans for a pond or two]

there are no snakes

[or foxes]

so i can wander about with bear/bare feet

as long as i am careful not to step on the friendly bees

[otherwise i might get a beefoot]

or

step in the cauldron

which would not be[e] a Good Plan

we work outside on the deck

scattered about the soft lawn

around the fire [for which we have a permit]

or under the trees

where birds sing constantly, continuously and melodiously 

we have been making string

sewing zero waste nightgowns [using every scrap of a 1m x 1.3m piece of cloth]

thinking of how we will want our shapeshifter dresses to make us feel

and stitching those words on morsels of cloth

taking time to be, in this good place

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at intervals Chloe appears with wonderful food

[most of which has been grown here in the gardens]

and the day concludes with a sumptuous afternoon tea

small wonder

New Zealanders call their country godzone...