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When you just can't handle another second in the pool, which hardly ever happens, you can run down the driveway for another type of adventure.
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Turn right at the old tree stump, run down the grass hill, and there you are, at the tennis court.
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We lost Grandpa a few years ago, and a few years before that he lost the strength to play tennis. The court has been lonely.
It wasn't lonely this afternoon!
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We found ball after ball after old half-dissolved tennis ball. Kids don't find things gross like grown-ups do.
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The weeds were out of place but sure were fun to collect into fuzzy, beautiful bouquets.
Grandma's are great because they let the children put those allergy inducing weeds in a vase in the kitchen. Moms throw them to the side when the kids aren't looking.
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Maybe one day the tennis court will see fast-paced action again. Love-40!!
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But until then, it makes for a great running track!
This is summer in Connecticut.