Memories of an earlier sisters' trip

COUCHWOOD - early spring 2012

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          Previous to our taking off again for the Cumberland Plateau in mid-Tennessee, here is a sequence from the 2005 trip to Table Rock Lake/Ozark Mountain Resort (southern Missouri) in early July.

this state's clouds

different from the ones we left

~Fourth of July eve

5:00 check in

four sisters converge

at 5:01

catching up

on each one's life~

later, the presents

too tired

too excited

to sleep

many trips

from parking lot to condo

four sets of sore muscles

third cup of coffee

on the mountain cabin deck

still, my sisters sleep

on vacation

to relax ... why so tense

this second morning?

oaks surround the deck~

thinking of my ex-house

among the dogwoods

finally finding

a break in the trees

to view the fireworks

hiccoughing

during the entire

fireworks extravaganza

late on the Fourth

still intermittent fireworks

throughout the city

even the birds

late with their singing

day after the Fourth

a yellow jacket

hanging around

the resort trash can

I read poetry

on the condo/cabin deck~

a large red ant

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