Beschaulich

Be-what-what?

I recently learned this lovely German word during one of this week’s meditations.

beschaulich   be•schau•lich  1      adj  

a   (=geruhsam)   [Leben, Abend]   quiet, tranquil  [Charakter, Mensch]   pensive, contemplative     (Rel)   contemplative

b      adv  (=geruhsam)   quietly, tranquilly  beschaulich dasitzen      to sit contemplating  

beschaulich leben      to lead a simple life  

I’m definitely leaning toward ‘leading a simple life’. The land is particularly quiet and tranquil – especially now that the guys running the machines are off on other jobs.

We’ve been taking more breaks from the heavy labor. Our favorite beach has a Sunday Dog gathering where they get to play with each other. When Halloween fell on a Sunday, they celebrated Maui Style!

Giant Wolf Hounds in Tutu’s – of course.

Another local resident resting…..

Made some new ‘jungle stairs’ for the NE corner….

I was finally able to get Athena (my non-four-wheel-drive truck) up the dirt driveway. Have to take a bit of a running start, but she got up there!