August weekend...

The past three days in my life have been all about people.

The people that fill my life.

Celebrating professional success with the people

I'm incredibly fortunate to work with.

My writing group...seeing inside ourselves

and finding something new within,

something we'd never imagined we possessed -

the ability, the urge, a fresh voice.

Finding words we never new we had.

My son, his friends, who are like sons to me.

And I am so loving this time with him, what little I seem

to have had, during his break from school this summer.

Unlike his college buddies, he's been the lucky one this summer.

He has a job. And this couldn't mean more under our present circumstances.

Summer days are winding down, and before I know it

I'll be hugging him goodbye as he heads back to school.

A junior in college. Goodness, how time flies.

I've always said, time flies when you have kids. True, no?

Sunday began with a walk through the woods with my husband.

Talking, walking, sharing a classic summer morning.

Hazy sunshine making its way through the tree tops.

Spotting deer around every corner - mamas and babies.

It was honestly the coolest.

And spending the afternoon with my parents, my sister.

Just sitting around the kitchen table,

enjoying a few hours of over the table chit chat, precious time.

I'm so glad for that time well spent.

Stopping by a good farm stand

on the way home from my parents' place.

Drinking in the view, music dancing through my mind...

pieces found on the soundtrack from the movie The Hours

playing on my favorite radio station.

(wfmt.fm - classical. the music of my heart.)

I was really caught up in the moment,

thinking about how lucky I am,

how grateful I am to be living my life, a true blessing.

As I came into the house carrying my "fresh from the fields" treasures,

my husband informed me that

we'd be heading over to our daughter's house

for an impromptu Sunday dinner with our kids.

I thought, what a perfect way to end a perfect weekend.

The proverbial icing on the cake.

A weekend spent in communion...

with those that I love.

In nature.
I really mean it when I say that this is all I need.

This life. These people.

Nothing more.

Just that.

And that's the way I began my day today.

In nature, on the forest preserve path with my husband.

Talking it all out as we walked in what feels these days

like the Garden of Eden.

And feeling so much gratitude, that it made me cry.

-t.

photos - on the way home from the farm stand I just had to head back

to the forest preserve to capture these glorious dancing beauties.

Perhaps it's just me, but aren't the Queen Anne's Lace

especially pretty this year?

I think they're my favorite summer flower:)

And one more thing...I was having lots of trouble

aligning and spacing my text in blogger today.

I hope it didn't detract from the writing!

grrrr....