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"Janet Bostwick" > wrote:

> The Ranger wrote:
> snip
> > We didn't drive in to our hunts (although it _would_ have been
> > NICE!) Looking back, with those rosy spectacles firmly set upon
> > my nose, I'm not sure I would've enjoyed the times as much as I
> > did. There were a couple times when it would have simplified a
> > couple mealtimes, though.
> >
> > The Ranger
>
> Well, sure it would have been simpler, but my husband and daughter have both
> remembered - individually - just recently about the breakfasts I made of
> trout and biscuits. Even my ex has recalled those meals recently. It would
> have been a lot simpler without the smoke getting in my eyes and the early
> morning chill, but then I wouldn't remember the early morning quiet when I
> owned the world all by myself. From one trip I can still remember the sound
> of swan feet hissing onto the water as they landed and the birds appearing
> magically out of the heavy mist.
> Those are good memories.
> Janet

My mom used to love the early morning. :-)
We used to live in the mountains above LA in California. Dad had to
commute about 100 miles to work so she'd get up early and make him
breakfast. After he left, she still had about 1 hour to get us kids up
to go to school so she'd make herself a cup of coffee and sit on the
front porch and enjoy the hill country sunrise. There was a flock of
valley quail that fed close by.

That was her "private hour".

I'm so glad she shared that memory with me!

If you have kids, be sure to share it with them. The may treasure it
when they get older...
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