A Three Best Things Goodbye

Photo credit: Arta with Rhiannon's permission to blog

Rhiannon nails the knack of making daisy rings

First of all, it is really hard to say good-bye to any group of people. 

Yesterday I said good-bye to Mary and Rhiannon.

Part of my goodbye involved asking Rhiannon what had been the three best things she had experienced when she was here.

She didn't give me full sentences at first, just the topics: the trees, the lake, and the taste of the water.

"Thinking about the water," sh then said, "I will just take one last drink," and off to the tap she went.

After her last drink of water she went on to say that the trees have been wonderful -- she has felt a real connection to them.  Right now she is living on the prairie and the coolies (Lethbridge), and she says there just aren't the great trees in Alberta, that you can find in BC.  Tree, yes.  But not the trees that she loves here and that make it into her top three list of things to love about a holiday at the Shuswap.

Then she said she wished maybe she had taken more dips in the lake.  Mary laughed and said yes, no matter how many swims Mary takes, when she is leaving she also wishes she had taken just one more.

Arta