This summer my children have really developed a love for the swimming pool. . . naturally this is the summer I decide to not purchase a season pass. (the past few years I have purchased a family pass)
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I would have to have had more time to create some wonderful White photos this week . . . alas . . . I ran out of time . . . I searched through my July photo file and this is what I found . . .
. . . an old cast iron pot sitting overturned by my aunt's garden . . . she didn't know why I was snapping off a photo of this 'old pot' . . .
I love summer fruit . . . my kids and I (and my husband) literally can't seem to get enough berries . . . blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries . . . I had so many the other day . . . I baked a tart!
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But beautifully cared for and very much loved trees. I visited my grandmother's farm (now my aunt's farm) a couple of weeks ago and was able to revisit my childhood memories. The farm looked very much the same and very much different to me.
Read MoreThis past week I spent one very nostaglic week in the area where I grew up in rural Iowa (with my family). I was able to show my children (and my husband) where I attended grade school and high school . . . the hills I used to sled down in winter . . . the swimming pool where I won boxes of blue ribbons . . . the parks I played in . . . the location where I ate ice cream . . . where my old house used to stand (it has since been demolished for condos) . . . my old church where I was baptized and received my first communion . . . and many, many more old haunts.
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