June 19, 2016. Canyon Lake, Texas. A Summer Weekend at the Lake.

These lazy, hazy days of summer are with us right now.  We do now need to bring on those days of long ago.   The days were hot so the girls and David and Suzanne enjoyed their afternoons on the water, both on the jet skis and in their friends boat.  This afternoon, David and Abigail drove their jet skis to the river and up the river as far as they could go.  They even shot rapids.  The weather was perfect for one of those lazy weekends at the lake.

In addition our friend Marilyn and Tuppen came to visit.  This is the first time we have seen Marilyn since Richard died.  I missed his presence.  He was such an energetic positive force in any conversation that we all missed his spirit along with his intellect.  We feel fortunate have known him. While the young folks were out on the water, we older folks sat on the deck and talked, and talked, and talked.  Tuppen is from Norway and we talked about the summer house she owns with a sister that sets right overlooking a fiord.  Her parents died not too many years ago.  We remember them from their two visits to Galveston in the late 6o's.  And we caught up with Marilyn's children and grandchildren and she did the same with ours.

Tonight I sat on the deck and watched the moon come up over the water.  I was all by myself.  Everyone had gone home.  This lazy summer weekend at the lake is officially over, but it was delightful.