Summer's End
The beginning of this summer I was emailing a friend - telling him about the helicopter ride that I've wanted to do for years and finally got around to. He asked me what my next adventure was going to be. My answer was..
"My next immediate adventure is a smaller more encompassing one. I want to enjoy this summer like I did when I was in high school and college - simple and fun.... I want to sleep out under the stars even if it means I lug a sleeping bag out into the back yard, cuddle up on the couch and watch movies and eat snacks until the wee hours of the night, have a lazy rainy day sitting on the porch playing games listening to the radio, drive with the top down - full moon and good music, go out dancing and get slick and sweaty - take an icy shower and slide into bed still damp and sit out by a fire having deep meaningless conversation - with samores of course!"
I later added to the list - having a squishy finger painting date with my niece where all the paint oozes and slides between our fingers and toes, chase fireflies just for the chasing, go to a minor league baseball game - smelling the popcorn, listening to the crack as the ball rebounds off the bat and the thump of it hitting the glove, geocaching with a friend (high tech scavenger hunting) where we walked and talked - ate bad food and walked some more, fishing with the boys - coming home all salty, red and tired. I even threw in a skinny dip or two.
All in all it was a really great summer. There were one or two things that I didn't get to and will add to next summer's list. I haven't decided what I'm going to get up to this fall. So far I'm thinking about going to the Big E looking for images that just strike me as fun and maybe a candy apple. What do you have on your list to do?
The helicopter that started it all.
My friend Audrey sporting the helicopter look :)
The kite flying we ran came upon while exploring Newport RI after the ride
The great finger paint artwork Dorrie and I created
Told you we used our feet!
What we used for the geocaching - once I figured out how to use the thing!
I'd love to see any great images you have from your own adventures this summer!
"My next immediate adventure is a smaller more encompassing one. I want to enjoy this summer like I did when I was in high school and college - simple and fun.... I want to sleep out under the stars even if it means I lug a sleeping bag out into the back yard, cuddle up on the couch and watch movies and eat snacks until the wee hours of the night, have a lazy rainy day sitting on the porch playing games listening to the radio, drive with the top down - full moon and good music, go out dancing and get slick and sweaty - take an icy shower and slide into bed still damp and sit out by a fire having deep meaningless conversation - with samores of course!"
I later added to the list - having a squishy finger painting date with my niece where all the paint oozes and slides between our fingers and toes, chase fireflies just for the chasing, go to a minor league baseball game - smelling the popcorn, listening to the crack as the ball rebounds off the bat and the thump of it hitting the glove, geocaching with a friend (high tech scavenger hunting) where we walked and talked - ate bad food and walked some more, fishing with the boys - coming home all salty, red and tired. I even threw in a skinny dip or two.
All in all it was a really great summer. There were one or two things that I didn't get to and will add to next summer's list. I haven't decided what I'm going to get up to this fall. So far I'm thinking about going to the Big E looking for images that just strike me as fun and maybe a candy apple. What do you have on your list to do?
The helicopter that started it all.
My friend Audrey sporting the helicopter look :)
The kite flying we ran came upon while exploring Newport RI after the ride
The great finger paint artwork Dorrie and I created
Told you we used our feet!
What we used for the geocaching - once I figured out how to use the thing!
I'd love to see any great images you have from your own adventures this summer!
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