The turn in weather has me recollecting on sweet summer gone.

I pulled up a few reminders of our time aboard Carnival a few months back. The Bahamian cruise was a surprise gift from a family in our church...I know: amazing. Their incredible generosity and thoughtfulness blew us out of the water. Or, quite literally, into the water.

Though I am eager for the festivities of autumn there is a part of me that wants to linger in the vibrant warmth of the days in these pictures.

But it is:

brisk autumn fore

bright summer aft