Minimizing Transplant Shock

Humans like plants are subject to transplant shock if care and consideration of community is not in the fore. We humans of MuRefuge, along with our four legged canine pack member, are in the midst of transplanting ourselves half way across the country: from Sebastopol, California, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. 

View from atop a ridge in the 130+ acre "dog park" in Santa Fe.

Another view from the expansive arroyo.

Shasta wasted NO time connecting with her kind
creating her own extended community  in which to thrive.
During her daily runs in this fabulous dog park,
she  picked out her friends and joyfully ran with
them at top speed!

Abundant opportunities to connect with like minds and old souls connected to Mother Earth presented themselves daily as we spent three weeks exploring Santa Fe during the month of September. After firing a frenetic realtor and hiring another stellar one, we looked at houses for sale exploring numerous and varied neighborhoods, found a short term rental into which we will move October 30 and a mailbox to which all all our mail can be forwarded. We joined the local co-op and shopped at the Farmer Market each day we could. What a treasure these Saturdays and Tuesday markets are with deliciously grown local food and knowledge farmers who were ever so helpful.

The sweet local airport reminded me of the El Paso, Texas airport of the 1960's
when I moved there just out of nurses' training.
Here Dwight is ready to welcome his daughter Leigh
flying in from Seattle via Phoenix.

So with connections in our soon to be new city, we are packing up our belongings for a late October trek to Santa Fe. Like plants that thrive when they are planted in a place mutually beneficial to each community, so humans thrive when transplanted into community that is beneficially synergistic for all members.

All of the arising emotions we are allowing to come forward are discharged with a frequent and hardy belly