Saturday, February 11, 2012

Summer Home


I have lived in at least a dozen places in my life. The only place that has been home for my entire life is our family summer house in Southold, NY. It was built in 1937 when my Dad was a baby. Every summer for his whole life he has returned there. Almost every summer of my life I have been there too. There is nothing like the feeling of turning into that last dirt road and knowing in moments you will be home!
Home to sound of the waves and the wind and the doves cooing in the morning and the crickets chirping at night.
Home to the smell of the sea, sunscreen, and old wool army blankets and antique furniture.
Home to the same mantel clock, the same view across the bay, & the same old chair by the window.
Home with family… coffee and reading on the lawn in AM, playing on the beach all day, Hearts on the porch in the evening.
Good food, good times, good memories.
HOME

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