We took Michael and Nora to Ethan Allen Park the other day. It was so fun to watch the kindness that they showered each other with and the delight they seem to always find in one another.
The first stop was the playground and they raced together. The two went laughing and racing towards it, Nora staying beside Michael. I watched their joy, such enthusiasm became my own joy to watch.
Jim got in the action and helped Nora swing across this slide...
Then they both climbed onto the tire swing and Jim gave them a push.
They giggled and shouted out as they spun about.
Then we began our walk to the Tower. Michael held Nora's hand as we set off.
The tower was open so we went inside and made our way to the top.
The view was so beautiful! Fall really made the city so vibrant with
all those colors.
from up so high.
Then back down we went to climb and sit and make our
way to the Pinnacle further up.
At the steps we all went up and sat inside the Pinnacle.
The Maples were so bright, burning with color!
We sat for a bit and took in the view of Lake Champlain.
The trees all about us were spectacular in their colors!
Nature's wordless poetry.
Nora decided this hill was just perfect for log rolling
so she went right to it! Michael watched unsure
how to coordinate to do it.
good for his little legs!
And Nora, well she kept right on rolling!
Jim and I hadn't been up to the Pinnacle since we were teenagers!
It was nice to go back.
Here Nora was pretending to be Rapunzel while Michael
went to the bottom of the window and yelled for her to
let down her hair!
and make our way back to our homes.
It was a nice walk back down and I
really lived in those moments, taking in
the sounds, smells, and colors of Fall.
I wrapped the day up in my mind
so that I could
open back up the moments
to change
one of our frequent rainy and dreary days,
into moments of remembered peace
filled with such color,
color burnt in my mind this fall.
