Today was so wonderful. I woke in sunlight, had toast and eggs with Roomatus-Solaris and The Lad, and got to lay eyes upon The Elusive Roomatus-Draconis as well. Then I went to this beautiful, light-filled old mill building in a nearby old industrial city. As The Lad put it, "the fourth floor is like if a vinyl shop and a cinema existed alongside a 19th century American bazaar." 'Cause if I'm going to go on a date, it had better involve time travel. There was an antique bookshop, the most beautiful multi-roomed coffee shop, and farmer's market, and even an apothecary! Too beautiful. Then I drank a smoothie faster than is probably advised, and returned home, where Roomatus-Solaris was entertaining friends and I got to eat hummus and eavesdrop and shut my eyes for a moment. Then tonight she and I drove through a stunning town full of restored farm houses and meadows with crumbling stone walls at the golden hour of sunset. We got a little lost but finally made or way to THE MOST SPECTACULAR home I have ever visited. Our dear friend's birthday celebrations involved lounging around in an orchard full of ripe apples and new peaches, then lovely dinner in a "barn" that was more lovely and comfortable than any house I know. We ate and listened to delightful people saying amusing stuff. (And felt oddly ancient in doing so - not much has changed since we were teenagers, but it's odd to realize how far away high school was.) We finally picked our jaws up off the floor, from where they'd dropped upon witnessing the ladders in the rafters, the woodstove, and the dining table upstairs fit for Royalty Of New England. And then into the cool darkness, with bags of apples for ourselves, we went, and we are now lounging on the couch watching Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and waiting to not be so full and sleepy and content. I love life sometimes.