Another beautiful day welcomes you to alertness. The sky is already blue and the piercing sun is above the horizon. Your parents are out taking a walk with the dog and your sister is waiting for you to get up. After all, today you get to see your grandparents for the first time in 3 months! You also get to see your brother and uncle. Your parents get back in the vehicle and you leave for your grandparents. A short time later you see their driveway. Yellow fields of a variety of plants and weeds line the mile long drive. Your dad decides he is going to walk it and asks you if you want to. Sure, why not? Your sister drives the vehicle in and you start out for your leisurely walk. You are almost to the horse pasture fence. Your grandmothers chestnut mare is waiting for you. She has her ears pricked forward and is nickering sweetly. you walk up to her and she reaches her head over the fences to nuzzle you. You walk the rest of the way up the driveway and she follows. Your uncle's Great Dane comes running out to greet you with her whip of a tail going 60mph. Your dog takes off to play with her best friend.
Your grandmother is sitting in the kitchen when you enter the house. You run up and hug her. Then you notice the smell of pancakes. Your mom has made breakfast for everyone. They are your favorite pancakes with the sweet Log Cabin syrup running over them. Then you finish eating you sit and visit with the rest of your family for a while.
When you step back outside it is getting warmer. Your parents and siblings head out to work on getting stuff ready for moving. The sun beats down on everyone only offering some relief when a cloud passes by or you go inside for a drink of cool water. The dogs are running around sometimes getting relief from the heat by playing in their kiddie pool. A little breeze comes up a little around dinner time. You head in for dinner. You enter the house and you can smell the homemade pasta. Your grandfather sets the meal on the table. It is chicken penne pasta with pears as a side. The pears are lightly chilled and the pasta is steaming. The cheese is melted lightly and the noodles are softened in cream of chicken. It is the best meal in almost 3 months. After dinner, your family sits around and talks. Then you go watch a show with your grandmother and brother.
Later in the evening before the sun starts to set you notice a star. Then as it starts to get dark the moon illuminates to a beauty that you haven't seen in quite a while. You grab your Sony and start taking pictures. Tonight you are going to sleep under the stars. It is a beautiful but very dark night. The moon and stars gently send you into a deep dream filled sleep.
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