Now is usually the time to write the obligatory “summer is ending and I’m feeling wistful” post, but to do so would be disingenuous. Yes, I love fireflies and ice cream and corn-on-the-cob as much as the next person, but you know what I don’t like? Mosquitoes. Heat and humidity. Aimless children bickering in the backyard. And so the fact is that this August, as I face the prospect of two children on the same full-day schedule for the first time in eight years I’m quite happy to say Au Revoir Summer! Don’t let the door kick you in the behind while I put the kids on the bus and start churning out posts!
I may not be pining over the end of summer, but I do miss Vermont in that dull achy way that always follows me around a while after we leave (we’ve been home for almost a week). You won’t see me writing lots of posts about our trip there this year; I actually took a blogging vacation and didn’t even bring my camera along most of the time. But happily, I did have my phone with us on our last evening when we took a stroll down my favorite country road before enjoying one last maple creemee. Because otherwise I wouldn’t have caught these quite dreamy shots.
OK, so maybe I’m a little sad that summer is almost over. But only a little, you hear?
What about you? Any summery dreams this Monday? (If you need guidance, please see About Monday Dreaming.)
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Beautiful pictures! They capture perfectly what the end of summer feels like.
I vacationed in Vermont every summer as a kid, and your pictures capture it just the way I remember it.
Those are awfully good shots for a phone camera! I’m impressed! And your posts about Vermont make me miss it as well…and I’ve only visited once. It’s magical, though.
I am looking forward to school starting, although it won’t make my blogging job any easier since I also work part time as a reading specialist during the school year!
Mara I love how you speak your mind. Though I love my kids dearly, after the last 30 days of being together 24/7, I am ready for school to start. I have one who is moving from the kindergarten schedule to first grade (an extra 2 hrs) and the younger is now going to preschool twice a week. It’d feel wonderful except for all the commitments I have now made for my “extra time”. But seriously, looking forward to the fall changes.