NEW ENGLAND

-drive thru autumn in 2 days
-eyes straining to catch next sight
-backroads winding with anticipation
-pure joy shining on faces
-surprise windmill farm sighting
-head hanging out to smell the cold
-Wally-World in historic Gettysburg
-miles of imperfect navigation punctuated with laughter
-disembodied Brit voice once again "recalculating"
-pumpkin pie from McDonalds (and it was tasty!)
-colored leaves... scarlet, burnt umber, buttercup yellow
-noses dubiously overwhelmed by used toilet cleaner (shouted laughter)
-icy cheeks *touched* by tears mingling with snow melting
-sharp smell of snow coming
-porch time
-Beede Falls & Boy Scouts
-unexpected covered bridge critter (is that Bo???)
-laughter loudly echoing through the fields
-falling asleep with the stars winking down and bff in the next room
-morning chats over tea
-afternoon revivals over suprisingly good convenience store coffee
-evening lounging
-good food
-candles lighting the early dusk
-squeezing every possible minute out of daylight
-old houses... old pictures... old graves... old memories
-ocarina music drifting through the trees
-places to lie down
-implement of death--- oops, i mean healing
-contagious, uncontrollable hilarity
-Aunt Bunny
-fried dough (whaaaaat???)
-search for the perfect Christmas Star
-white water
-evergreens replete with Christmas tree essence
-red berries, apples, and noses
-blue blue blue skies... and eyes
-time to meander
-Pothole Fun
-Squam Lake drives
-very big rocks
-upset proper New Englander propriety by picayune picture-taking
-Bob's ever-present reassurances
-more porch time
-silent morning light moving s-l-o-w-l-y across bleached floorboards
-Quaker Meeting House
-breath catching awe
-barefoot in soft grass
-red-tailed hawk feather for far-future funeral
-imagining
-lost... and found keys
-crouching by the Cold River picking out *just* right granite pieces
-laughing and laughing and laughing!