July 25, 2025

So this morning, I made an omelette. We had gotten eggs from the market a few days ago, so I wanted to make sure we used them. I again sautéed onions and garlic (a great complement for any savory dish) and added some cheese. The omelette turned out well! Though I did accidentally drop one egg in the sink, but oh well. I also cut up some potatoes and put them in a salt water brine for later. I look forward to cooking those!

After that, some people came in to replace the dish washer. We later tested it out and it worked! It is nice to have a dishwasher, but we'll need to get more dishes before it makes sense to use.

In the afternoon, we were planning on going for a walk around the community, but then we heard thunder, so we decided to wait since it looked like it was going to rain. Sure enough, it rained quite a bit! It was really cool to see, we sat out on the porch balcony and listened to the rain

Once the rain stopped, we did go on our walk. It was nice, we went up to the communal gathering area/group kitchen, though we have not been here long enough for there to be any events there. It was empty when we arrived, but it was not around any meal time or meeting/event, so that was not surprising. We had gone there the other day, and we did say hi to some people we saw there.

After our walk, we came back the house and did various things. I stepped out onto the balcony for a while and saw the white dots on the far hill, which are the cows that graze there. I think it is pretty cool to think about the cows and what they are up to. It is really cool to be able to see them around. I like being able to see the hills and mountains around the house in general.

Later on in the evening, we went to a party/Shabbat at Chaia and Alan's house. Marcella drove us there, though we parked a bit of a distance away due to limited parking at the house.

It was nice, there were a lot of people there, and we got to meet them all. It was good to meet everyone. There were also some people who brought guitars and other instruments, so I joined and we played some music together. That was the highlight of the evening for me.

When we got home, we saw a large spider by the door, we let it be. It was fairly late by that point, so we got ready for bed and went to sleep.

At the communal kitchen/gathering place. There is a community pool here too!

Another view of the communal area

Mountain in the distance covered by clouds

sunset

Spider by the door. Hopefully a Bromeliad spider.