As Texans, we know how to make the most of summer despite the heat, which of course includes popping in and out of air conditioning whenever possible!
Hand-crank lots of ice cream…
Enjoy sunset beaches while the breeze cools and refreshes…
Or enjoy Blue Bell Ice Cream as needed, because it comes from cows who think Brenham (East Texas) is heaven…
Go to the swimming pool every afternoon, then quickly leaving before the thunderstorm hits…
Grill and eat dinner in the shade of our patio every evening…
…while surrounded by flowers, bees, hummingbirds, and chameleons.
Go to SeaWorld by day or evening…
Meander through Gruene to shop and enjoy dinner on a terraced river bluff under Texas Live Oaks…
Window shop in Fredericksburg…
Epilogue
Little did we know this was our last summer.
Our last summer to enjoy our lovely neighborhood pool, just a few houses up from our own, with a Texas Hill Country setting…
Our last summer to enjoy SeaWorld…
Our last summer to enjoy Brackenridge Park…
Our last summer to enjoy Gruene…
Our last summer to enjoy Fredericksburg…
We were going to tube down the Comal River…
We were going to play at the Schlitterbahn in New Braunfels…
We were going to go to Washington-on-the-Brazos, where the Texas Declaration of Independence was written,
Would we have swum with the animals at SeaWorld?
My last summer to work in my garden…that I often enjoyed but rarely took photos of. =(
Little did I know this marked the end of one era, and the beginning of a new era of our lives.
Stay tuned!
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