Wednesday, May 19, 2010

evening magic at highbanks

After dinner tonight, we went to Highbanks Metro Park for a little family adventure. 

Everything was gilded in the evening sun.

The girls played on the playground...

Until the wildflowers called to them from across the meadow.

Pick me!  Pick me!

The girls made a castle in the horseshoe pit.  June liked to rub the sand between her tiny hands.

There are many, many swings at Highbanks.  Big, wonderful swings...

The kind with long chains that let you swing so high...

You can almost touch the moon with your toes.

Alli practiced her swing launches.  That's big kid stuff.  Daring.

The sun dipped below the trees and the ghosts of fog rolled in from the river nearby.  It looked so inviting.

We watched the fog blanket the meadow in a cool mist... and leave silvery drops of water on the grass at our feet.

We walked into the ghostly cloud.  Breathed it.  Felt it.

We had an adventure tonight... and it was magic.


2 comments:

Unknown said...

Beautiful words and pictures! Loved this magical post!

Alison said...

That does sound like magic! Miss you guys so much!