Today was all about the weather. The change in the weather, the weather feeling so much like summer, start to finish. The household gravitating outdoors, from the earliest hours. I felt so much joy for summer starting today! I walked with Charlie and saw the last of the bright red maples, fiercely bright, hanging over the river. And went to poetry workshop, and my poem is working, and that made me glad. Afternoon with my youngest, playing. We went to Farm Pond and dove into the cold warm with the sun on our backs and had our first Farm Pond swim of the summer. I swam through the feeling of icy-ness. Came out feeling so energetic and refreshed. What a lovely time on the beach we had. Tonight, after dinner, we all stayed out in the yard til after dark, talking. The moon rose high in the sky above us. No coats, no shoes. Just the warm air and the sweet conversations and togetherness.