Monday, August 21, 2006
Recollections and Admissions
I haven’t said much about my vacation that ended last week. I had a great time. It was a very low-key affair, but that’s exactly what I needed. The weather was perfect and Zach got his first swimming pool experiences. Even the flights were not much of a problem. I’m so glad we went. Here’s a few mental images that I particularly cherish:
* Kel’s folks having gotten me a box of booberry cereal all for myself.
* swimming with zack, both of us screaming with delight.
* staying up too late to watch All the President’s Men with Kel’s parents.
* going out to take photos downtown at dusk.
* garden-fresh tomatoes every morning with breakfast.
* helping Zach learn to go “up a dow” the stairs, for hours at a time.
* wearing only sandals for six days straight.
* reacquainting myself with the world’s most powerful showerbath.
* making a panzanella salad for lunch and impressing Kel’s grandmother
* flying home with Zach’s head in my lap.
And here’s a few visual ones:
Kel’s gradmother’s front-lawn madonna (with “mystery rosaries")
Kel’s dad’s classic:
on a walk near the river:
at a public grotto near the courthouse:
lunch:
dinner (actually, the pig ain’t what it was; we went with pizza l’oven and ricci’s, but I love the sign):
trestle over the susquehana:
a railtie from the trestlebridge:
and of course, one of the boy - this time, with grandpa:
and finally, the lie was: cutting class ("defending the faith"). thanks for playing. see ya next year.
