Summer's Over

This is not really on topic, but... we're back from a week's vacation in Grand Marais with my father and stepmother, visiting from California.

I made a video -- my first -- using Apple iMove, and uploaded it to a brand-spanking-new YouTube account. The video is our family vacation, in the form of a music video for Jonathan Coulton's song "Summer's Over" (Thing a Week #51).

Here is the video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSVuCYOYYKM

I find Mr. Coulton's lyrics to be simple but beautiful; the song has been stuck in my head for the last few weeks.

Summer’s over
You’re going back to school
I’m staying here
Where else would I go?

Watch the leaves turn
Close up the swimming pool
Winter comes in
Sooner than you know

Nights get cold
And the flowers let go
Bide their time
Under the snow
As they go down they say
Goodbye
Goodbye

Summer’s over
Because it has to be
Just like before
Around and around

It’s a circle
Bringing you back to me
Stay where I am
I’m lost and found

When you go
You come back again
Close the door
The cold’s getting in
As I go down I say
Goodbye
Goodbye

Marcella at 100!

Here we are at Marcella's 100th birthday, Feb. 18, 2004. From left, seated: Dick Zahner, Shannon Ford, Katie Ford, Marcella Clarke Armstrong, Brian Potts; in back from left: David Joy, Susan Zahner, Isaac Potts, Paul Potts, Grace Potts; on floor: Linda Joy. First Presbyterian Church of North East, Susan and Marcella's church for several decades, held a party for her following the service on the Sunday nearest her birthday. Nearly 70 friends attended. She received about 100 birthday cards. She seemed overwhelmed by all the attention, but I know she was pleased to have her family around her.