My time at home in Minnesota has come to an end. I have enjoyed family and friends, gained three pounds from all the birthday celebrations and restaurant dinners, and talked until I am hoarse. I have indulged in my favorite coffee shop just about every single day and on one day, In complicity with my sister, twice! I have been hugged and kissed by sticky little hands and faces, dried tears, babysat, raked, mowed, weeded, visited the doctor, the dentist, and the best massage therapist on the planet.
Golden Days
Today I took a little drive to see some of my favorite countryside because next time I see it, it will be white with snow.
The fields are golden in the sun that still blazes down with the last heat of summer.
As I approached a deer bounded down the grass verge and into the woods beyond.
A few of the farmers have begun to cut corn and dust rose on the horizon where the tractors kicked it up.
One of my littlest grandson's favorite words and toys is "combine." His mama works as a lobbyist in Washington, DC and St. Paul for the Minnesota Corn Growers Association.
Golden corn and Holstein cows crossing the hill in a line, heading home for evening milking
Like the cows, I'll be heading home tomorrow, to my other home, in South Carolina.
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You had a very busy time which makes for a good holiday and visit.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a good time! Travel safely:)
ReplyDeleteNo surprises that you had a wonderful time with family and
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Raining here which is needed.
Safe return journey.
Cheers
Colin
You've been so busy that I don't know how you find time to eat let alone gain weight. I was like your little grandson and remember sitting at the edge of a field all day watching the combine - they moved a lot slower in those days!
ReplyDeleteYou must have mixed feelings about leaving your family for your new home. I'm pleased you have had such a wonderful time with the family and have stored away lots of happy memories until you can get together again.
ReplyDeleteHow great that visit must have been. Memories, family and friends.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful visit. Have a safe journey.
ReplyDeleteSo nice to see the cornfields, we don't see that here anymore.
ReplyDeleteSimilar scenes are going on in my home state of Illinois. Brother Dave is harvesting corn in the fields, next will be soybeans. They are getting a good crop, from what I understand.
ReplyDeleteYes the approaching harvest season is a special time here in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes....:)
ReplyDeleteYour surely taking some good memories home to S Carolina with you!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a wonderful trip home. The pictures are beautiful! The Goldenrod flowers are so pretty. Glad you had fun.
ReplyDeleteLovely to catch up with your family...the corn looks good...can't say I have seen corn growing in Australia on a mass scale..
ReplyDeleteLovely landscape. Travel safely. Love from Poland
ReplyDeleteGood to go for a top up of heart-swell. So good for one's soul.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful visit. Memories are what makes our retirement full.
ReplyDeleteYour Minnesota memories are truly golden, what a fabulous time. Hard to think next time you see you will be in winter, but as always you will be thoroughly welcome for some Aussie sunshine at mine, your comments are always cherished :)
ReplyDeleteWren x
It's always a great time to be with loved ones whom you didn't spend tine for sometime. And to be able to visit favorite places once more makes you want more time. The field is beautiful in golden yellow. Hope you had a safe trip and good rest.
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