Tonight we had dinner on our deck with our low table and our Adirondack chairs. We sat out right before sunset with some takeout Japanese/sushi, watched the starlings fly, saw a hummingbird at our feeder, and a nuthatch come by. The sky turned from blue to pink cotton candy to night, and we saw an owl fly to the tree, a dragonfly visit us, and fireflies come to life. No TV, no tablets, no phones, no electronics.
Lest you think it was so idyllic, we sang “that bug is on fire!” Had water bottles to squirt at the fireflies, and lay in wait for any squirrels to come by. A tension was felt by all as we did not know if one of us was going to break out into a squirting war with each other.