My friend and I went to volunteer at this place, called the Blueberry Patch, today. I had no idea what went on there, what it was. Just that we’d get a $5 coupon for working there for an hour doing something. I did it to meet people.

We parked on the street, and went through a fence. It was this kind of old hippie artists place, with paths weaving through, all kinds of art projects completed and underway. It’s mostly outdoors, there are tents set up permanently, and chairs. A stage and enough seats for maybe 100 people. A house. A labrynth. It’s kind of like a commune, but no one lives there. But everyone takes care of it. These are some pictures.

Beth and I raked out the labrynth. Then the people who run the place brought out plates of cold cuts, cheeses, lettuce, tomato, sliced onions, bread, chips, grapes, cookies. All the people who were volunteering gathered around, made a sandwich, and had lunch together. There were a lot of nice people. Some of them I’d met the other night at the Mangia Cafe. I met a few single men my age. One of them gave me some advice on the shed I need. One woman, somewhere around 70, finished her lunch and lit up a joint.

After we were done there, Beth and I went shopping for washers and dryers for my house. I discovered I had a problem. My little closet is not big enough for the dryer. It needs to be 37” deep and it’s 34”. Plus there is no vent for a dryer. The guy was here that put up my mailbox today, and he said he could vent it into the attic, but I’d have to be willing to take off the door to the closet and leave it there. Then we came up with the idea of putting the laundry in the shed I’m going to get. But really, we’d just need the dryer out there. There is old electric service to the shed, it shouldn’t be too hard a project to wire it up so the dryer could work out there. Have to think about that one.

We decided not to go to the concert at Blueberry Patch tonight. The video of the band was kind of weird, not really our kind of music. Beth and I were tired from being on the go all day. Pat had a stomach issue so didn’t want to go. They are having a celebration in a few weeks, called Burning Brother, a mini-mini Burning Man. It will be fun. We won’t miss that one. We might go to Mangia Cafe tomorrow morning for some Sunday morning music. After that, I don’t know. Maybe go thrift shopping, see if I can find a TV stand. Maybe sweep off my back deck. Maybe go to the beach, if there isn’t rain in the forecast.

They are predicting that by next weekend the temperature will be in the low to mid-80’s, with only a slight chance of rain, which means it won’t be nearly so humid. So, if we don’t go to the beach this week, we’ll go next weekend. I’m ready to work on my tan, lol.

Loving life in Florida. Love and light……