My mother hangs my wet towel, just used after a dip in the lake, while I flop on the couch in the sunroom. Rays of light filter through the windows, warming my face with its beams, and I close my eyes. It can't get better than this, I think. After today's events, waterskiing in mid-morning, kayaking after lunch, and taking a walk through the small harbor to get some ice cream from my favorite shop on the corner, it is nice to finally lie down and relax.
I wish I could live this life forever.
But by the middle of August, the wind picks up and the waves are no longer smooth and gentle, lightly lapping up against the dock, but powerful white-caps that push you with their everlasting currents. This time of year, off in the distance sailors find their wind, and, with their sails scooping the airflows, they move swift and deftly, the boats slicing through the water at great speeds.
Moving to the window, I scan the lake and find that there are numerous sailors out there. I wish I was out there with them, the wind in my face, whistling in my ears and my legs getting sprayed with mists of water. Before I leave, I want to sail.
I stand and slide open the glass door and run to go find my dad in the boathouse.
Lindsay-
ReplyDeleteI really like this because I can relate so well. I live on the lake and I know exactly what you mean when you say "I wish I could live this life forever" because that is exatly how I feel about living on the lake. Its home and I never want to leave. I know the feeling of being out on a boat, and speeding across the glassy water with the wind carressing your face, and I love how vividly you describe that. the only thing I can suggest is that you might want to impress on the reader why you wrote this, because otherwise, yes, it has meaning, but it is like "so what?"
Liesl
I spend my summers on the lake, kind of like Liesl, so I can also relate well. I like the vivid description also. Will this continue? If not, you may want tweak the ending a little bit, so it satisfies the reader more
ReplyDeleteHello Linda! I, also, live on the lake in the summer and I absolutely understand waking up to the calm water and fun water skiing mid morn. During the scene of you looking out to see the sailors, I bet if you used binoculars you could see Mrs. Miller, and her husband sailing in circles with an unlicensed boat! Anyways, I think you did a wonderful way of describing a nice day out on the lake!!!!!!!! It makes me want summer again:)
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