No television blaring or microwave beeping. Just wind and waves and dishes piled in an old ceramic sink. It's sipping coffee while wrapped in a blanket and reading God's Word in the early morning. It's getting to know the hardy people who live there year-round. It's satisfaction in the physical work of preparing our little place for winter.
Goodbye docks.
Goodbye docks.
And goodbye rocks.
Goodbye to painting
and painting
and painting some more.
And goodbye to campfires by the shore.
Goodbye boathouse, closed up tight.
Goodbye to lovely, quiet nights.
Goodbye to the sweetness of friends together,
goodbye to incredible Great Lakes weather.
Goodbye lighthouses, strong and tall.
Goodbye to birches welcoming fall.
Goodbye. We'll see you next year.
(Yes, I am inspired by Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon ... one of my favorite children's books...even though rhyming poetry isn't my favorite!)
7 comments:
Looking forward to the day I can say, "Hello cottage." and visit you there :)
I hope that day is sooner than later! Plan on it!
What a pretty post! I cant wait to bring baby Haller up there all wrapped up in a sling and sit on the edge of the water!
It makes me want to go there! I love the red paint...looks good!
Great to see all those photos. You guys painted like maniacs -- and it all looks great!
Awesome colors in that campfire/sunset shot. And the one from the top of the lighthouse is cool too. Did you take those, or Katie?
I wanted to say goodnight moon as I was reading not realizing until the end that was what you were doing. The painting looks great....thanks for sharing all the pictures.
Such a sweet and inviting post. The pictures make it just right.
-d
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