Posted by Suzanne McMinn on August 6, 2007
My visiting writer friend’s daughter, with the mischievous Desdemona.
We had a great weekend. You?
My favorite quote from this weekend was my writer friend’s daughter’s comment about wild, wonderful West Virginia. She thought it was so beautiful here, she said, “God was painting when he made West Virginia.” 
Saturday, 14 and 16 got busy putting down the fabric in preparation for rocking the driveway, after they got done talking me up two dollars an hour on their pay and trying to convince me they’d started at 8 am when we didn’t even drive out there till after noon.
While they were working, Princess, one of her schoolfriends, and my writer friend’s daughter were at the swimming hole in the river…..
….rope-swinging….
….splashing….
….rafting….
….fishing….
….tadpole-hunting….
….and crawdad-catching.
But don’t worry, 14 and 16 got their chance when the work was done!
9:50
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LOVED the pics!
10:42
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It looks like all had a wonderful time, even hard working 14 and 16! Great pictures.
10:58
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Congrats, Maureen!
That’s a lovely quote about West Virginia.
11:15
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What fabulous pictures!
12:14
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And you didn’t let your writer friend’s daughter just take Desdemona home with her
The pics are great - do your kids know how lucky they are to have a swimming hole like that - well, they will when they’re grown up
12:18
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Ahhhhh, what a wonderful way to spend a lazy summer day. Swimming and playing in the cool water of your local watering spot. Great pics. We have a couple spots like that we like to go to, and they also make good camp spots, but you have to take the 4-wheeler to get to them otherwise you’d be walking half the day to get there. Glad you had a good visit with your friends Suzanne!!!
Hope everyone has a great day today. 
LeAnne
12:33
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Looks like a great weekend
12:41
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Wonderful pictures! And a great quote!
1:56
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2:39
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WONDERFUL pictures, Suzanne!
Nothing I did this weekend (it’s still the “weekend” here, as we have a civic holiday) can compare with childhood fun like that. I didn’t have a swimming “hole” per se, but there was a spot in the river behind our house that you could cool off in.
BTW, congrats, Maureen. :-))
-Kim (and Annie, Nicki, and “angel” Chumley)
3:02
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Congratulations Maureen!
The pictures are fabulous. Glad to hear the weekend went well!
4:50
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HOW fun!!!!!!
5:29
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Looks like a fun time was had by all.
10:19
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What fun!
11:25
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Looks like a fab weekend!
1:47
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Fabulous pictures. I wish I could spend summer down there and enjoy God’s Painting.
12:54
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What GREAT pictures!!! How fun!!! And based on what I’ve seen from your blog, God was definitely painting.