Where did the summer go?

Sun going down on the beaches of Ocracroke Island
Where did the summer go? Every year it goes by a bit quicker. I'm feeling a bit sad that my boys are back to school and it's back to the fall rush - get up at the crack of dawn to make the bus by 7am, the homework and other activities after school, ....
If only we could escape back to the beach like we did a couple of weeks ago. How I love the sound of the ocean, the smell of the sea, and lazy days at the beach.
Me as a pirate, "Argh! " Blackbeard Museum