While it has cooled off here over the last week or so, it has been a really nice summer. Saturday I (sadly) sent my older girl back to her mother up north after her second visit this summer. The week before that my son started college. And this morning my youngest child started her last year of elementary school. She didn't even look back at me as she got on the school bus.
But on the whole I am quite happy. The mild temps last here almost until the first of the year. We'll have garden fresh tomatoes on our Thanksgiving table and if we are lucky our last roses will bloom right around Christmas. How bad is that?
The best part is that
the tourists will mostly be gone until Memorial Day!! The beaches are ours again and I can bring my dogs there when I please (the city places restrictions on them during the summer).