The First Day

Today is the first day of no school.  We celebrated with another trip to pick strawberries.  This time, it is near the end of the season.  So the farm we visited was a bit overgrown with weeds and many berries were over ripe and rotting.  But we were able to collect a sweet gallon of berries plus a local melon and a small cup of sweet onions.  The scents were so heady that after a brief stop for lunch, we came back to a car overwhelmed with the strong smell of berries and onions - nice.
The turn of the lifestyle season from the rigid 6am rising to a more pleasant 7:30 debut to each day is welcome.  Then there is a languid meandering to the breakfast table after a quick check of the e-mail; a more relaxed evening after a late supper.  I love it.  Hello summer, it's good to see you again.