Good-by, July (memory)

Here we are already ... the end of July.  Looking back seven years is a stretch, but I found this to be worth repeating from July 31, 2011.
What are your memories of the summer of 2011?

Our family summer "camp" on the 22nd and 23rd, including a game marathon and work party, was a success.  We finished cleaning up after the family was gone, then actually relaxed and watched the sunset from the deck.  After the 4-day weekend, we loved the movie “17 Miracles”, and highly recommend it.

Three grandchildren marked their one-year birthday (all born the same day) and celebrated together with us yesterday in Canyon Rim, SLC; plus two other birthdays.  Then we drove to Holladay for a 50th-wedding backyard BBQ for my sister-in-law and her husband.  He sang the love song he wrote for her and performed on their wedding day.  And we won’t forget going down the scary old slide that Lon salvaged from Grandpa's farm!

So-long, hottest month with the toughest yard work!  After widespread damage by pests elsewhere, I thank the Lord for this tender mercy:  a nearly perfect, bountiful harvest of the best apricots I have ever eaten.

Sister Kay Cannon checking phone messages 

on p-day break by Anchor Bay, 9 July 2018
(feeling safe with lifeguard and New Baltimore cadets)

Looking back, there was peace by the water this summer.