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I know, I know...
you are all wondering, pondering, considering - what is going on with bb? why are we treated to photos and a smidge of detail? a little of this, some of that...where is the real stuff.
Well, I'll tell you.
Summer moves apace.
My children are being lazy (notsomuch Oldest) and reading and laying around.
Youngest is busy with World of Warcraft and assorted other distractions. He plays outside if it's not too hot - but it's really been too hot for a long time.
Middle sleeps late and wanders around like a specter, but not so scarily so.
He's been teaching himself to play piano and undoing and re-mixing a lot of Nine Inch Nails music on the computers.
He and I have been enjoying having lunch together whilst making fun of the programs on VH1.
We take weekly trips to the library and for an Italian Ice (the strawberry is quite good and has chunks of berry in it).
There have also been trips to the beach, a trip to a pool and various visiting, but, for the most part it has all been very low key.
Everyone is healthy - there have been the usual inconveniences (the car, having to fire a lawyer).
Yesterday the boys got their summer reading books, so there'd better be some serious reading going on.
Youngest and I leave saturday for a week with K's mom and other members of their family (though exactly who changes a bit from day to day).
We will be staying at a house 'in town' which I am very much looking forward to as I can walk down the block for a morning latte and to post.
This is where we are staying -



I'm not sure why there is a windmill on the front lawn. I think it has something to do with the name of the street.
There are several bedrooms in the house.
This one's cute, isn't it?



I'm tempted to bring some paint to fix the walls of this one...



I find the framing of this photo interesting.



It doesn't give one a clear idea of the room at all...
I find myself looking at these photos and being confused about where each of these rooms lie within the house.

If I told you that this picture



was a room in an ashram or spa, you'd believe me, wouldn't you?
A place to center your thoughts and meditate?
It's a prison cell.
And I will admit that I thought it was some kind of retreat and thought it seemed spare but comfortable before I knew what it was.

It just goes to show you...little can be known from a photo.

I am sorry for the lack of silliness, deep thoughts - real stuff, I'm just not feeling that way.
I am very much looking forward to going away. My trip in June ended up not being any kind of real vacation for me, though it was a breathtakingly beautiful place, and I am hoping that I can relax next week and get my thoughts together a bit.

I probably do need a week at an ashram.