going back a few weeks to late July

 It was time to dismantle the schoolroom. 

And so began the task of taking down school day memories, days and moments. Huge portions of my time, energy and efforts were removed from the walls that day as well as the bookshelves being emptied and most books boxed up, a desk was taken down and donated to a thrift store ministry.

But new things were ahead and the room was about to experience new beginnings too. Ivy was moving in and this was to be her bedroom. Charlotte and I drove to the Sherwin Williams store and bought a can of Crisp Linen paint one morning in late July and so began part two of the transformation of this room. It brightened the walls perfectly for this kindergartener's new place to call her own.

going along

 He kept saying, "Smile, smile", as he had the camera rightly posed to capture that last moment shot.

This was the best I could do. After two full days it was time to say good-bye...the college saying so this time.

They had been there and they had done this before. But then so had I, leaving a child at college, but she was my last, after all. 

And now, Charlotte, I commend you to God, and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. Acts 20:32

https://youtu.be/HhgdbXXH5oY

I am including a present favorite song of Charlotte's that does have some significant words and feelings at the moment. (Skip the ads at the beginning)

picking geen beans and refreshment

As in any summer garden, the beans need to be picked. This is not something to be penciled in on a calendar just a matter of do it when the beans are ready on the vine. After a bit of stooping and picking in the heat and humidity I am thirsty for refreshment and I do believe I have a found the answer in a fermented ginger drink...ginger "beer" so the recipe I follow calls it. But my teetotaler friends gristle at the word beer, and truthfully this is the only "beer" I will drink, so if I am feeling pious I call it homemade ginger ale. It is delicious and it is refreshing, quenching any thirst and providing that bit of homemade carbonization which pleases.  

So I pick a spell, then I sit with my pan of beans, a true token of accomplishment, sipping my ginger beverage to total refreshment.