adieu to summer

[warning: blast of random pictures and text ahead]

i think this is the first time i've noticed the last day of summer.

i told yosie earlier in the week and she was thrilled to hear that the first day of fall will be tomorrow. like- jumping up and down and crowing about it to daddy thrilled.




 

i think she thinks it's a holiday. and she is old enough now to remember all the fun activities fall brings.

 

 i'm excited too, but i'm a little nostalgic over summer, in a way i haven't been since my school days.




 of course, it's not as if tomorrow is slamming the door shut on summer. it will be a slow fade...





 still, i'm reminiscing about how:




i love the sound of the cicadia's and cricket's chirrups and whirring songs.




 i love barefeet, warm in the grass.





 i love sunshine- i've come to understand i need it more than i'd realized. i'm going to be SADD as it fades away. i don't like the heat, when it swelters and i was exceedingly grateful for the one room we air-conditioned, when it got too hot to handle. still, it had a way of bringing our little family together, similar to how a winter power-loss may have us huddling around one small heat source.





 i love green- all the green...





 i love swimming, especially when i am the mama to a lively pescadita (little fish).





 i love the outside air (though in town, it's not always fresh) coming through the open windows and doors, especially on a night that cools after a warm day.

 late summer has a funny way of hypnosing my mind into forgetting all the misery of heavy heat and sticky sweatiness that assailed us in june and july,

 late summer has a funny way of hypnosing my mind into forgetting all the misery of heavy heat and sticky sweatiness that assailed us in june and july, but august and september--

 such good stuff... especially when topped off with a good vacation.

 well, summer, it's been good to have you.

 you don't have to rush out with the arrival of fall, but you'll need to be going.

it's not as if you won't return, and as ever, just in time- when we can hardly wait one more day to jump into the pool.

when we can hardly wait one more day to jump into the pool.