Summer is winding down. The kids start school this week. Our last summer weekend was all about hellos and goodbyes.

We were glad to welcome our fourteen-year old son back after he spent a whole week away in Vermont.

We squeezed in visits with old friends:

Photo courtesy of my fellow snap-happy pal, Rosita

Thanks, Rosita!

Summer isn’t complete without a visit with my friendy Wendy. I feel lucky to still have a friend of my youth as a friend of my adulthood.

Brunch at Bizou on the Downtown Mall

We went to a BBQ in Free Union to bid a fond farewell to another friend, who is off on a new adventure on the other side of the world. We had fun discovering a new part of the world in our own backyard:

Love this chicken coop in Free Union!

Chickens!

We revisited favorite places:

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and had one last visit to Chiles Peach Orchard:

“Oh to take what we love inside, to carry within us an orchard…”

“the round jubilance of a peach”

“From laden boughs…”

We appreciated the last flowers of the season:

and even the delicate beauty of our eight-legged friends:

Goodbye, summer.

Hello, fall…