NPR news caught Ella's attention this morning, and she was aghast to hear that "someone in the Civilian Conservation Corps was KILLED down there." By "down there" she was referring to Hungry Mother State Park where we camped on our last vacation. We quickly assured her that this happened in another country. The news was referring to civilians in Iraq. That was the first time that she asked about the news on the radio, the first time that it caught her attention.
We spent the day here playing--there were six children. There was coloring , dress up, swimming, running games, and at one point Ella contemplated digging up the long dead cat to see what was up with her body. Uh, no. Jackie drove over with an ice cold cut up watermelon for the kids, and they spit seeds and let watermelon juice drip down their chests. At the end of the day I took all their pictures as they jumped from the large center stone in the garden wearing their bathing suits and capes, capturing them in midair while they were "flying".
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