Asters are the best for hanging in there the whole season and turning phosphorescent blue and feeling like summer as you slip into fall.  Adella and I came upon these last weekend when we were out for a walk before we both sat down to our studies.  She is facing her freshman finals, and I am facing my history final in a course I am taking to meet the requirements for a Connecticut State Department of Education cross-endorsement for history on my teaching license.  It's a wonderful thing to work for your own education--whether the tax payer subsidizes it or you do it yourself.  Still, recess is a wonderful thing, too, and we can't wait to get to the beach!

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