Picnic at Seerly Park
This morning I baked apricot bars and fixed a colorful picnic. Then, I met Aaron for a picnic at Seerly Park, under the oak trees.
I feel a strong connection to these places in Cedar Falls. Up the street is the Lutheran church where my mom was baptized in 1965. Down the street is the Hearst Center where I worked in the garden last summer. All along Seerly, crab apple trees fill the boulevard, and in the spring, they have luscious pink blooms. Ironically, this is the setting for the novel Sleeping With the Enemy. In this section of Cedar Falls, the houses and foliage in all seasons hold many personal memories, sad and happy.
"River Rushes" by Tom Newport
