A little later

Celebrating twenty-one years two days late... looks like dropping kids off at Nana's and Papa's for a few hours to sort through old jewelry and bake two-layer chocolate cake and play UNO with cousins...

...then drive south through thick green of the northern Ozarks under August clouds-packed sky-shadows in waning summer...

...stop in Washington at the little public library for prowling in the quiet second story... dinner pick-up closer to home from The Chicken Coop listening to a podcast on J.K. Rowling... discussing life and all its quirks and ways...