Comments on: summertime in Omaha

By: Kuky

Kuky — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:10:22 +0000

That’s cool that your parents are still in the same house. My aunt and uncle now live in the apartment building I used to live in when I was little. And it’s so familiar yet different when I visit them. All the walls are there but of course everything seems smaller and the furniture is all different.

I don’t have any cool firefly memories though. In fact, I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a firefly in real life. They would probably freak me out like butterflies, being all buggy.

By: Erin

Erin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:25:29 +0000

The flower was a columbine and I don’t think fireflies live on the west coast or the east coast for that matter(anyone? do they?) – definitely not in OR.

By: Mrs. Wilson

Mrs. Wilson — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:47:26 +0000

A couple years ago, my parents moved out of the house I grew up in. I’ve never spent the night at their new house. It just doesn’t feel like home to me. I love the feeling of “home” though. I miss it. I haven’t felt it in a while.

By: Bekah

Bekah — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:39:37 +0000

Very cool pics! I love Annalie’s toenails! That’s true about rain smelling different in different places. And I guess all the senses trigger memories for me, but I always enjoy being surprised by memories brought on by smell. That is so cool that you can see A playing in the same yard you played in at that age. My parents moved when I was 9, so my kids aren’t quite that old yet. Miss you!

By: Angella

Angella — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:32:09 +0000

That tree photo (looking up) made me gasp. Wow.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:44:13 +0000

We have a heat index of 102 here. Definitely counts as summer.

Love the pictures.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:33:01 +0000

Do kids in California not make firefly lanterns? That was a nightly summer routine for us!

By: Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com

Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:46:53 +0000

That weather TOTALLY counts as summer. It wasn’t even that warm HERE!

I love that your memories and Annalie’s memories are mingling like this. What a magical blessing =)

By: BeachMama

BeachMama — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:21:43 +0000

That is so wonderful that your parents live in the same house you did growing up. It is so rare that that happens anymore.

Thank you for sharing your summer memories with us.

By: mamalang

mamalang — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:25:56 +0000

This is an awesome post, and I have so much I would love to share. Maybe it will inspire me to post soon.

But all I’m going to say is that we’ve apparently switched weather with the Pacific Northwest here in the Mid-Atlantic. We’ve had a few hot and sunny (and humid) days, but mostly the high’s are in the 70′s and it’s raining, or about to rain, or just rained. I’m trying hard not to complain, but I want to go to the beach!