So I got this bullitin from a friend from back in high school, she lives in AZ now with her puppy Lilly... Did I mention I am jealous and more home sick than I have been in a long long time.

I drove from Flag to Tulsa and I'm headed to Grand Lake tonight. I've been hanging out with some friends and family already. It's so pretty here. As I was driving, I had a lot of time to think. Lily, not being talkative, slept for the entire duration of the trip, including through the night, when we crashed in the Tahoe, during a great thunderstorm in Amarillo.

As I got out of the Land of Not Much Enchanchment and tried not to speed across NE Texas, the grass started to get more green. With every mile, the troubles felt further behind me. Life starts to look pretty good under blue skies with endless green pastures. I was out at the parent's old place, which is being basically gutted right now, beautiful. They're new house is sick. At the old farm, the big oaks were hanging their branches low. There were cats in the barn that I don't know, and my horse, Charlie, was put down while I was away... I still looked for him. There's little changes. Mostly the trees and the town have grown.

I was looking at the trees that i grew up climbing, thinking about people I know who know me, but don't know this side of me, this great love I have for this place. It was so gorgeous. For my friends in Arizona, I post this, becasue you've never seen such a lush place. For my friends who are from here and are scattered, you know that early May in NE Oklahoma is just the most beautiful place. It's very green, and everything is in bloom. I was sucking honeysuckle last night. It tasted like my childhood in Talequah, when we'd stop and grab a few to nibble on the way down to our creek.

I'm about to go meet my grandpa at his office & then head to the lake.
It is so gorgeous here that I just want to be outside staring at all the grass and tress that I missed. I'm happy to be home and all is well.