Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Home again, home again, jiggity, jig...

I think it might be part of an old nursery rhyme about Mother Goose.... but since I can remember, back when our boys were very young and the family went for a short drive or a long trip my wife always used this expression on the kids as we entered the driveway "home again, home again, jiggity, jig.." and as they got older and started to be more aware of when we were arriving home they would occasionally blurt it out before she could... it always struck me as a nice welcome home and somehow it always made us appreciate getting home... so over the last few weeks I've been out to the cottage off and on but we didn't move out as the Princess had been travelling the last few weekends.... so this morning we packed a few things and I headed out to work knowing that afterwards I'd be heading to the cottage until the late fall... it turned out to be a beautiful day and on the drive out I was noticing just how nice our Island was and how beautiful the countryside looked... I finally hit the cottage laneway and as I drove myself down towards the water I couldn't help but blurt out... "Home again, Home again, Jiggity, Jig.." and I hope everyone else has a great summer too....

3 comments:

Mark said...

We make the 10-hour drive tomorrow to open the cottage (and of course fix anything that broke over the winter). If I catch myself saying the same thing as I turn into the lane I'll have to blame you... although I'll probably begin chanting as I come off the bridge.

Anonymous said...

Gone to the market to buy a fat pig,
home again, home again, jiggity jig
Gone to the market to buy a fat hog,
home again, home again, jiggity jog

Mark said...

Yup, I caught myself reciting this as I approached the bridge. The wife gave me a weird look. I guess its like that "Its a small world" ride in Disney where that's all you hear for about 2 weeks later. Stopped by the Friendly Fisherman in Cavendish for a bite on Sunday afternoon to find it closed (as well as most of Cavendish). I guess I should have taken a photo for posterity. A fire is a terrible thing.