Vacation on Lake Burton Georgia

View from the Screen Porch

Listening to music written to suite the mood of leisure living in a charming cabin on a beautiful lake in the early morning (the mood is even more lightened when we hear a tune from last year's Chris Isaak Christmas CD as we sing along and laugh about Christmas in July). Savoring steel cut oatmeal with fresh peaches and cream (or 2% milk purchased that morning after a short boat ride to the "the Anchorage" boat store at the end of the lake). Sitting with Adam (whose hair is still standing on end after the screaming boat ride to the end of the lake, maybe that's why it seemed so short), Sadie and Willow on the screen porch taking in the view. Enjoying the fog rolling across the peak of Charlie Mountain as the American flag flutters laxidazically in the breeze. The waves cause the dock to see saw back and forth as they lap against the rock wall where the back yard ends. The contrast of the blue sky and green trees shading the yard reflects off the glass tabletop of the old metal framed table of vines and rusted roses where we sit. The Galaxy floor fan hums along and eases the panting of a warm Alaskan Malamute snoozing on the slate rock floor. All life on the porch is carefree and serene. THIS is vacation.