Hot summer day...

We went swimming today, my daughter and I, at our favorite semi-secret place. We parked the car and walked here....

From the blueberry barren we took a left down the wooded, fern fringed trail.

Past the boggy area where the bull frogs call...

To where the water is clear and sweet. There were only three other people there, a family of mother, father and adorable 4 year old daughter. Their French bulldog was with them, and greeted us as we approached the water. We were hot, and the water called us.

There are cold springs in the pond; most of the water is comfortably cool, but then as we swam we'd find a place where icy water bubbled up from below us. We'd tread water there a while, then move to where the water was warmer. All around the edge of the pond is trees. One sweet little cabin nestles up to the far shore. It is quiet there, peaceful, magical.

As my sister Dicy would have said, "OH! What FUN!" I love summer.