Goodbye summer

With school back in full swing for 2 weeks now and the desert 110 degrees everyday, homework, carpool, doctor's appointments, rush hour traffic, bills to pay, phone calls to return... I'm missing my summer in the mountains already. It went by so fast this year. Too fast. Why does that seem to happen the older I get? Why does time slip by faster and faster with each passing year. I remember someone told me that once. He said if I though it was fast now, wait until I'm in my 50's. Then 60's. Wait till you see how fast it goes when you're in your 70's. I cannot imagine how fast the seasons will turn and children will grow then.

Anywho, I'm finishing up some pics from Little Cabin in the Woods. And it's making me nostalgic already. I know it seems early, but for the Crazy 9, summer is over. And I miss it already.

We finish off the summer every year with one last trip to paradise creek. And by August the monsoons have thoroughly soaked the forest and the wild flowers have exploded. It was really this green.

Goodbye summer. I miss you already!