beachlass | end of vacation

I've been on vacation for August, having a languorous month of doing not much of anything. Well, I"ve done a few things

made blueberry and apricot jam
reorganized my kitchen furniture
made a list of house de-cluttering projects to work on
gone sailing with the family

But mostly I've been immersed in the delights of my new relationship, including traditional activities such as having drinks on summer patios downtown and walking on the beach.

I've also got a fair amount of movie watching in this summer; and have LOVED pretty much everything I saw: RED 2, Wolverine, Pacific Rim, 2 Guns, Elysium... it's been a pretty terrific batch of summer movies.

I finished Merchant of Dreams (2nd Night's Masque book by Anne Lyle); and the first Walking Dead compendium.

I'm starting back to work next week, an amendment to my original plans that will let me take a week off in the fall with the new boyfriend (our summer holidays didn't overlap much, given that they were, of course, planned before we met). And then the September busy-ness will erupt, I am sure.