time out

A little time out from a relentless political season

 to look back at simpler times.

I'm thinking our moms were clever to give us this bedspread shade

for a picnic in our sunny yard. Remember those

sticks that raised clotheslines high? 

Here we are with our Alaskan cousins 

who we only saw once every four years.

If this was a clearer photo I'd zoom in and see what my mom

fixed us for lunch. I do see bowls, so my guess is soup,

even in the summer. My mom was a soup queen, year round.

Lastly, some color. It's in full bloom now as seen on

our neighboring street on the right.

Photo on the left was taken by our son

 on the Blue Ridge Parkway a few weeks ago.