White house - Bogue Chitto, Mississippi

Last week we took a trip to visit Summer. When we left Virginia, the leaves were beginning to unfurl yellow and green, the redbud trees were blooming and the dogwoods just starting to open. As we made our way through Tennessee and northern Alabama, Spring became more advanced. We arrived in Mississippi on the heels of a violent summer storm and found that we had left Spring behind.

Back in Virginia, it is still early Spring. Tonight a cool rain is falling outside my window. It was nice to spend a week in Summer, but I am glad to be home. I wouldn't want to miss Spring.