green returns

i forgot that:

• unexpected torrential rain storms can dissolve into a gorgeous day- whew!
  
• wearing pants and closed toed shoes IS more comfortable than flops and shorts, especially when picking and...
  
• eating wild raspberries straight off the plant vs. having them picked for you is a far more satisfying way to eat berries.
  
• the cricking of crickets is thunderous.
  
• shrieking cousins (i love you) is even more thunderous than the the crickets.
  
• nagging aunts (i love you, too) get shit done, and food on the table three times a day... yum.
  

and of course the most exciting reminder that:

• the difference between an "outhouse" and an "out" is that an outhouse has actual walls while an out has only a roof (or a few walls).