Tuesday: Tracy

[OT from cottage renovations]

it happens every morning, at least while school is in session. Tracy comes in bus no. 172 to take the Grove's kids across the tracks to the elementary school and leaves, not just with passengers but also with a full load of our hopes and dreams. before the Rockville office closed it was often the case that I would be passing the bus stop around the time of this daily ritual so it became a part of my day, too.

it happens every year. as the school year draws to a close the children and parents collude to wish her the best for the summer. last year's School Bus Attack was documented in this space; the tradition continues.

Grove Road

monkey bars: not just for swinging any more

bus queue

Tracy

her children are a transient lot from year to year: come the fall she will lose several to the Middle School but others to magnet school programs elsewhere in the County.

[edit: this one didn't make the original cut but I had hesitated. it is added at the suggestion of the bamboo walker. ]

straggler

as Tracy was pulling away a late arrival came rushing up, so she made a second stop to accommodate the last passenger.