For the past few weeks the evenings are getting shorter and the darkness of the morning lingers a bit longer. Our garden is bursting with cucumbers, beans, peas, carrots and lettuce. Supper is easy to prepare when your “store” is just three steps away from the house.  The local festivals are winding down, school supplies are on the grocery store shelves. Slowly the summer is coming to the end of it’s phase.
To me, nothing tolls the end of summer like the closing of the local outdoor pool.  This Saturday the pool closes for the season. Tonight I went for what will probably be my last out door swim as rain is in the forecast for the rest of the week.
I love the water! I’m not a good swimmer by most standards, but give me a water belt and a pair of goggles and I become a fish. This summer I’ve practiced swimming under water each time we went to the pool. My friend Michelle taught swimming for years and is a very patient, considerate instructor.  Through her instructions on proper breathing and under water swimming my overall breathing has greatly improved. Any one with asthma can appreciate that.   Our plans for the fall include at least one night a week at the indoor pool.
And I have pictures and the neon goggles to laugh over until next summer’s pool opening.
That’s hawt.