Vacations over...left with the memories.

  Today I am recovering from vacation, you know the feeling, when you get home, get everything carried in, taken care of and sit down, and think about all you did, and enjoyed.  The feeling of, geesh, that was alot of work.   I am very lucky because almost everything is already at our cottage.  I am also very lucky that a few years ago we got a new washing machine, I mean what an up grade, all automatic, load size, temperature of water.  Wow...I was so used to the wringer washer...Add all hot water, wash whites first, then towels and sheets,  then colors, then darks, and by the time you got all that done the water had cooled off.  On a good windy day the sheets would be dry in time for the darks to go on the line.  This is a time when people had a sense of pride, for how things were done, making sure it was right.  When things were built to last.  Even relationships.  Time was invested and shared, people were of value.  Thinking back, I am very, very blessed.  To have learned from people that were so hard working and of such good character, I hope I can pass it on.  The value of hard work, good character and caring about people.  i have great memories of this vacation, thanks to the people in my life.