Summer Evening

I wish I could be this relaxed in the car. 

We've been home from vacation a few days now and things are starting to feel pretty normal.  Laundry is all done, grocery shopping is done, all the critters are home and settled in, and life is good.

I was sitting on the front porch tonight shucking corn for dinner and thinking about how relaxing and peaceful it was.  Crickets are chirping and the days are still warmed with a summer sun.  But the nights are getting cool and thoughts turn to fall and all the changes that will bring. Cold-weather gear, tracking down mittens and scarves and coats that seem to get perpetually misplaced, and the delight of the holidays. I won't mind the cooler weather.  At least not right away.  Usually, by about March, I'm desperate for summer, so I reserve the right to complain about the cold at some point during the winter.

But for now, I'm just enjoying the dog days of summer.