With both sadness and anticipation, I can feel the summer starting to wind down. It’s been a great one, what with our month in Nantes and the Boudeaus coming to Seattle. In fact, I can’t think of there having been a better summer than this one. But the weather shifted in Seattle today from being extremely sunny and hot to cloudy and cool. Fall isn’t far away.

Before bidding goodbye to summer, however, we still have the Boudeaus here to remind us of our connection to France and that summer is far from over. Tonight, we took them out to dinner at a favorite neighborhood Italian restaurant. We sat outside. Before dinner was over, we asked if the nearby heater could be turned on.