Summer Scenes

In some ways I feel like summer is slipping away.

A few nights have been cool;

some trees are beginning to show autumn's color.

Our dinner table is filled with late summer's bounty--

cherry tomatoes from a neighbor's garden

(nothing the like store bought ones),

fresh corn on the cob...

This has been an unusual summer--

cooler than normal

(which was fine with us)

but it has also felt way too short.

So--on Saturday my hubby and I set off to capture some summer memories...

Where best to go then a covered bridge?

We were not alone:)

Local kids were catching crawdads and wading in the cool water below the bridge.

A man walking by told us of the somewhat infamous history of the bridge

(we'll get to that later). 

I wonder how many kids have explored the waters of this creek;

how many families have spent a summer day here in the shade of this covered bridge.

Ah, summer...

I think know I'll miss you.

 

Are you seeing signs of summer coming to an end?

Are you eager to move on to autumn

(I have mixed feelings but am excited to see the beautiful jewel tones of fall)

 

Blessings,
Aimee

 

 

Notes on Gallon House Covered Bridge:

LOVED this bridge!

Maybe it was the excited grade school aged boys wading in the

waters of Abiqua Creek below the bridge

or perhaps it was the warm sun or blue skies;

possibly the hop fields nearby where workers were harvesting the crop...

I'm not sure but I will always hold dear memories of the day we visited....

 

This beautiful covered bridge was built in 1916 and is located in a very nice rural area

not too far from Silverton, Oregon

gateway to Silver Falls State Park.

 

And it's history?

I'll let you read it here:

http://www.covered-bridges.org/bridges/gallon.htm