After a great weekend celebrating my oldest niece's 25-year wedding anniversary to her husband who looks (and acts, I'm sorry to say) like the natives from the movie Deliverance, and also celebrating my brother's 70th birthday (both were surprises), my husband and I drove to Southampton on Monday afternoon.
My question is this...who the heck are all those people driving on the LIE in the middle of the friggin' day? Aside from us, why are the other people there? Traffic is always a pain getting down to my husband's brother and sister-in-law's place in Southampton, but it is so totally worth it. We stayed until Wednesday, and let me tell you that hanging out with them is a lot of fun. They have a beautiful -- and I am talking BEAUTIFUL -- estate in the village of Southampton just a short walk from the ocean (the famous Coopers Beach, actually).
My sister-in-law has a gift for gardens and theirs are something out of House and Garden (which, by the way, they were featured in several years ago). Of course, they have a staff to maintain the landscape and such, but she goes out every morning and early evening (before the blood-sucking mosquitoes) and prunes her beloved roses. She and her mom ("Nana" who has since passed) designed and nurtured the gardens, and it was from her mom that she learned to appreciate the caring of gardens. I wish I had that kind of soul, but I'm thinking that the fact my 37-year-old diffenbachia is still alive (if that plant could talk...wowowowow!) is a fairly good testimony to my greenish thumb, no?
Anyway, I don't care what the weather is like, hanging out down there is very fine with me. My husband's brother and his wife are generous and very cool to hang with, and so are their grown children and various pets. They lead a different life than we do (let's face it, an estate in Southampton, kids), but they are very welcoming to our family. We've had Thanksgiving there a lot, and the place just has good vibes (sound too new agey...sorry).
I wish we could have stayed longer, but we could not because I had a job interview yesterday morning that I am hoping will blossom into a job offer (note the plant reference).
So, keep your fingers and branches and vines crossed and think happy, growing thoughts.
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