Summer is over

Summer is definitely over. Unlike in New England no red leaf has floated gracefully to the sidewalk in front of the house. In fact, the days are still hot, it is possible to go to the beach. The nights are a bit cooler, but there is no wood smoke from household fireplaces scenting the air.

Summer’s end is marked by little rituals:
1. The second arrival of R&R.

2. I could hear the zipping of suitcases in the wee morning hours as the next to last group of Danes packed up to return to Copenhagen.

3. Tim’s birthday party (the photo above is shot from his family’s terrace. Besides cake and ice cream, there’s the combined international families and it is possible to hear Spanish, French, Dutch and English spoken depending on which chair one chooses to sit on.

4. The annual dinner given by Froed before he too takes off for his next assignment. This time another Danish artist was present.

5. Shutters on some of the houses, including Chris andKay's, The dutch family, the Swedish family, Heather's, and more.

The village doesn’t die to nothing in the winter, for the locals and year round residents are still here and we settle down to a calmer existence. The calmer hum is pleasant.

Soon I will be getting ready to head back to Geneva for another series of fall rituals.