"There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart." - Celia Thaxter
There was no shortage of blessings to be thankful for this weekend, as we rolled out to Ohio for a family wedding.
The trusty Saturn covered the 1,000 miles with ease, as it consistently has throughout the 100,000+ before it. The air conditioning is going strong, important because...
We're having summery clear warm blue skies for weeks and weeks. For a non-landowner and poolside-lover, it's a stretch of paradise. And also for...
Photographs of a rose garden wedding, in the backyard of stately mansion near Quail Hollow Resort. The gated garden lilted with the notes of a violin and harp playing softly. Kurt's joining one thoughtful family. The needs of guests were considered in great detail, right down to the sun-shielding umbrellas and insect-repelling wipes. I could go on.
Long car rides can make for great "us-talk" dates. It was nice for Dena and I to share 15 hours of laughs and conversation with no other cares to distract us. We talked about careers, and activities, and family, and dreams. We enjoyed a lot of guilty-pleasure gas-station snacks.
Our nieces and nephews, brothers and sisters are a sight to behold. Playful and upbeat. It was good to be able to talk to some of them at length for the first time in months. New schools, new jobs, new adventures.
Thankfully, my other activities are flexible too. Damn Yankees, Raventhorne Chronicles, Life Teen band and the tutoring students all gracefully allowed this weekend to happen. And now, refreshed and enthused, we'll jump back in for a full week of the eternal summer.
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