June 14, 2006
Suddenly, This Summer
Summer is back for the moment.
There are teenage boys playing basketball on the courts. You can hear motorcycles and watercraft.
Driving by the post office yesterday, I encountered local residents meeting in front of the door, discussing whatever local gossip there is to discuss. An old car pulled up with teenage girls in it and the driver jumped out and ran into Subway — the telltale morning paycheck pickup before a day of summer activities.
Now that the rain is gone for a moment, everyone is cramming in their activities.
On Saturday, the girls camped out with their friends and the Scouts. On Sunday we seized the good-weather-day by geocaching and visiting places where kick-scooters could be used as effective transportation.
That included Fort Taber (that link has sound) at New Bedford’s beautiful Taber Park.
The photos start in Flickr here and were taken on June 11. (By the way, if I know you in person, and you have a Flickr account, and you’re interested in my pictures, make me one of your contacts and I will add you as a contact and then a “Friend.” Some of the pictures I upload to Flickr are marked “Private” and only Friends can see them. Some of my friends have specifically asked to see more personal shots. This is how I can accomplish that and keep some of our privacy. So let me know your Flickr account, and add me as a contact. If you don’t care, then ignore this note. I’ll be using “Private” pictures more in the future.)
We didn’t find the geocaches, but we had a lot of fun scooting around. I walked around, but you get the idea. I’m thinking of taking up inline skating to keep up with the kids, but I wonder if my clumsiness will doom me to failure there.
Posted by James at June 14, 2006 8:42 AMSounds like you had a nice weekend. Ours was okay if a little hectic.
I signed up for flickr (as plastereddragon) and added you as contact, btw.
Posted by: Chuck S. at June 14, 2006 1:58 PMYou sure did have a hectic weekend! It was just fascinating reading about it on your blog. NOT. How 'bout a post??
Posted by: Maggie at June 14, 2006 5:25 PMLOL
When life gets hectic, and this may be hard to believe, I have LESS time to write about it on my blog. ;-)
Posted by: Chuck S. at June 14, 2006 7:00 PMYeah, this week has been quiet here, too, mainly because I'm swamped at work.
Posted by: James at June 15, 2006 4:09 PM