I am trying to stay in chronological order, so I am posting pictures of a little detour we made on our last trek back up to Middle Tennessee 3 weeks ago. But the truth is, summer is over. In less than 24 hours, my 5 little olive plants and I will board a plane back to the Middle East. It is hard to blog about what happened 2 weeks ago when I know the close of the summer is so near.
Three weeks ago, Campbell Clansman stopped at Shelby Farms to ride a horse with Firstborn. It was to be a surprise. However, the Boy Scouts did not plan it as as surprise. In fact, all 200 of them had planned ahead and reserved all the horses. So, Firstborn didn't get to ride. However, we walked around this big pond with big water lilies. I had to think of Annika's little friend in Turkey, Nilufer. Her name in Turkish means "waterlily."
It was a fun family detour, and aren't my pictures funny? The leaves were huge! I don't remember Monet painting them so big.
So now on to the timely post. Our time here is up. It is time to go home. Yesterday we took a last late Sunday afternoon swim. I called, "Time to get out." The girls said, "One more dive?" Of course. They won't swim again til our holiday in December at a hotel. And they won't swim in the sun again til Summer 2010. We drove home, with windows down, some funky Christian rock song cranked up, wet hair streaming, and smiles on faces. We sped up just before the big hill that makes us have butterflies in our stomachs, remembering and laughing about how their Papa always does that when he drives by there. This morning, we all went out and picked one more 'mess of beans' for Grandma. Tonight we'll eat new potatoes and green beans from the garden, and some bbq chicken. Then it will be time to zip the many bags and turn our faces to the East, where we are headed. It has been a wonderful summer. How many people can say they have 2 homes they love?
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