The sun setting on summer in Strathmere.
As of 3:20 p.m. today, summer officially went on vacation.
Fall has big flip-flops to fill — and it will. That’s the beauty of living with truly changing seasons.
Our vacation ended Saturday, as we meandered home from Ocean City, N.J.
(We made one final stop in Riverton, taking in the late afternoon sun on a bench by the Delaware River.)
The shore never disappoints. As one friend reminded me, there’s nothing better than “vitamin sea.”
So many joys to remember. I’ll share just two.
I jot down to-dos in my calendar.
(Perhaps I’m a dinosaur, but I still like the spiral-bound, paper kind. I go for ones with pretty pictures.)
On Sept. 13, I glanced at the calendar and saw just one note:
Make sun tea.
I filled my glass pitcher, plunked in four Wild Sweet Orange tea bags, and set it down in a sunny corner of the porch.
Check.
My single to-do totally done!
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Another afternoon — I forget what day; vacation brain loses track of time — my husband was off on a long bike ride, and I pondered what leisurely thing to do next. It’s about one o’clock, I thought. I could take a walk, read, lounge on the beach, do a crossword puzzle, do a crossword puzzle while lounging on the beach …
Decisions, decisions.
I glanced at the clock and my heart leaped: It was only 12:20 — I had just found an extra 40 minutes of vacation!
Time, it seems, is in the eye of the beholder.
Vacation time can take you into a whole new zone.
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