le weekend.

i think i may have had

the most american of weekends.

the peek of a golden dome

like a window into the past

in a way

a good old fashioned tail gate

was in order on saturday morning.

brats, potato salad, chips, beer

cupcakes, autumn color m&ms...

best friends.

highly competitive corn hole matches.

and an intensely concentrated marching band.

i won't show you a picture of the score board...

it was a wonderful american autumn weekend.

cozy sweatshirts

chilly evenings

picnics and crockpot dinners

eight way conversations at the dinner table

old friends, so close they're family

it was funny to be in michigan in the autumn. 

the last time i was there this late in the year,

i was saying goodbye.

it was hard not to be reminded of that.

but the bittersweet ending of a summer season

comes with the excitement of what the new one will hold next year.

and all the fun things to be done in between!

how was your weekend?

alli

ps. i now know from experience.

you only have to forget your passport once 

to have the lesson sink in.

:\

montreal and michigan never seem so far away

as when you don't have the ID to get there!