This Was The Summer of.....

Just thinking a little tonight about the cool fall weather we've been having and how official the end of summer feels suddenly. It was a good summer and it seems healthy to process it out now that its about to become a file in the memory bank. How would I label the last few months if I had to define what made this summer unique, what would that look like.

How about this:

It was the summer of.......

• our big house purchase
• the epic cousin visit
• nightly ice cream in little ramekins
• much painting
• the family carpool
• the iPhone
• learning to sumersault
• the big hail storm
• Frog and Toad
• Mason Jennings and Michael Franti
• my last year in the twenties
• our third son
• long swims
• the perfect bruschetta
• my favorite flip flops
• truck-stop pancakes
• Daddy's ciabatta
• iced coffee
• long stories
• silly words
• my new bloghost
• the great, hot July
• old suits
• the fair's return
• neighbors
• Grandpa's riding mower

Lots of wonderful memories in all those little labels and a heck of a lot of poetry too, without meaning it at all. They actually would all make great poem titles. I keep meaning to write more and always struggle with titles. Huh. Kind of inspiring. Good old lists.