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August 03, 2006
Before Happy Camp
It's Center Hill. I've been coming here in the summer for years on end. The Dude and I had quite a few DateWeekends here. I was engaged here. I haven't been here since before I moved from Pennsylvania. And here I am again.
I love the orchard. I love the apple tree that sits right in the curve of the lane. I love the view, both from the house in the valley and from the top of the lane. The best view is from the top of the orchard. I love this farm dearly.
It's good to be here and to have time here before Happy Camp starts.
Monday, Mom, Dad, and The Dude cleaned out the other tree in the front yard. When Mom was 6, her granddad didn't like how their wiffle ball playing tore up the grass, so he went to the woods, got three trees, and planted them in the yard. Now they are 50 years old! One was cut down about 7 years ago (by my parents, Sister, and me. Of course), and now there are two left. They tower over 50 feet. They hadn't been touched for years and Mom finally convinced Grandma to let her clean one tree out--prune off the bottom branches and open up the view a little. And now the third tree is cleaned out, too. We have moved the picnic table to the new Grove and have also moved the patio furniture out there. It's lovely and soothing.
It's been a good time here. So good to be together. A good last-week of our vacation.
Here's a Postcard! | By The Newest Worker | 11:56 AM
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