I thought I must have been dreaming; but then, when we left the creek valley and headed up town, we realized that the uplands were no different. I saw that the dappled shade along the valley road had become the perfect place for two city girls to practice their soccer moves. They had found some sort of sticky things when we went up town to go to the store. The sticky things somehow ended up on their faces. Light and laughter were certainly flourishing in the creek valley weather.