Home Alone as Families Head Home, Signaling the End of Summer

Final Day of Fishing

I was up at 6:00, fairly cool, around 63, with a pink/red sky off to the north, gray to the south, a very strange dawn, as the skies are not usually lit with color this early.  No one seemed in a great hurry to leave, though most were up by 7:30, even the girls.  Drew and Jill and family left around 8:30 though Drew would have like to have gotten off earlier, but with three girls, getting a head start is very difficult.  Beth and Rami left around 9:15, came back three times, eventually started heading East; their plans are to spend five or so days getting home, stopping at Niagara Falls, Toronto, Montreal, and perhaps Woodstock, VT, before heading home.  Unfortunately, the weather looks wet for the next couple of days though who knows for sure, certainly not the weather man.

Halle and a Sunfish

As soon as they left, as is our wont, we began mad housing cleaning, basically to keep at bay the depression of being home alone, in an empty, quiet, messy house.  The answer is to put it back together as soon as possible and its now 3:00 in the afternoon, and the living room and kitchen are done, three bedrooms are ready, the attic is organized, as is my den, and Evie has washed and dried probably six loads or more of wash.  We are both sitting down and relaxing, but it's hard to sit still after having little girls here for three weeks, wanting to do things every minute.  It was a busy, hectic, fun filled three weeks, a vacation the girls and boys never tired of, and best of all, they really enjoy their cousins.

Hayden caches a Large Bass

Mitch and His Dad

The yard and porches are also all cleaned up, no deflated balloons, balls, toys, slugs, laying around any more, no air conditioners going, no disco music blaring, no little girls dancing in the yard, either, constant entertainment, so our neighbors have said.  I don't think they will miss the music or air conditioners.  Joyce did stop over yesterday, brought all the kids presents, which was really nice and of course, they were darling, appreciative and affectionate, thanking her and writing a thank you note this morning.  They love running over to her yard and talking with her, have for a couple of years.  It's fun for her and them.