Exploring Summer

Do not fear to put thy feet

Naked in the river sweet;

Think not leech, or newt, or toad

Will bite thy foot when thou hast trod;

Nor let the water, rising high,

As thou wadest, make thee cry,

And sob; but ever live with me,

And not a wave shall trouble thee.

by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher

California Dreaming and Trekking

Pictures from precious time with family.
Sister came down with a fever, but we still managed to have fun.
So thankful for time well spent.
What did we do?
We poked a few seeds in the earth.
We poked through "junk" shops and came home with treasures.
We hit up Powell's Sweet Shop and Costeaux, the French Bakery.
An aunt and child took a knitting class.
We investigated The Shed.
We met the cat at Copperfield's Book Store and chatted it up.

 We cooled off in the Russian River.

We enjoyed the Russian River Rodeo, (until we got sick :-)
But, she still put a smile on her face.

 Shoot, there's a lot of bull in that pen.

 We painted trees.

 We took a nice walk and enjoyed the jack rabbits,
who are faster than my camera.

We soaked it all up,

and took it all in.