Is there anything that compares to that

first shower when you return from a road trip?

 

 

I want to give Naphtali

the chance to show off the new place

so there won't be any more pictures

and I will only say that they

have a charming house in what seems

like a friendly neighborhood.

 

I arrived on 2nd Street Friday morning

 and found things well in hand.

 

Thanks to the help of Mr. Rogers

and his family

(dear friends from way back)

soooo much was already done,

and the work that was left

was finished with good-humored camaraderie.

Hard to believe, but by suppertime,

she was done with 2nd Street.

 

We enjoyed the perfect window

of perfect weather

in a week characterized by rain

 and more rain.

 

Everyone worked

and worked well together.

 

When I left, this afternoon,

all the boxes had been

 emptied,

distributed to friends who are moving,

or

broken down and recycled.

 

Sure, there will be some fine-tuning

but they live there.

It doesn't have the feeling of a new place.

It feels like their home.