lots of pictures
Tree, struck by lightening last week–nobody was there, probably good. The ride home: James, way up there, painting: A nap at the Little Pool: Love, Mom, aka Grandma
early this morning
Jay was down at the lake early this morning with the dog and took this picture. Love, Val
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my baby is a teenager
Let that soak in. Wow. Dannell had a tooth pulled a couple weeks ago and had a dentist appointment on this side of town, so she joined us for lunch. They came back here for a little while afterward. Here’s two topless cousins eating popsicles on the patio: Late in the evening we sang and
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more july
Storms have moved in tonight. This afternoon was perfectly clear, but we knew they were because of how squirrely and restless the kids were today. No worries. We spent much of it at the Little Pool where they could be as squirrely as their little hearts desired. She ditched her bathing suit top at some
sunday in july
These cardinals were so happy about the lawn sprinkler. Jay put together the hammock and frame Kirsten gave him for Christmas. It was quite popular. He and James and Tim moved the playhouse across the yard onto the cement pad once occupied by that old grill. They rolled it on pipes across he yard, smooth
where did the week go?
It’s already Saturday. It was a tired week. Everyone was tired–even p.j. stayed home to sleep on Friday. These are pictures of my perennial garden. It’s overgrown, and I kind of love it, though I would like to neaten it up, not sure how that would be done. See the tall plants with the pink
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monday!
It was warm and beautiful, a little hot, but not too much. Kids were here getting babysat. We had a pretty good time even though they were so tired from the fireworks late last night. All day they were weird and complaintive, droopy and just plain tired. These birds on the roof, Renee. I zoomed
fireworks, 2017
On the way home from the lake, the dog thought she could squeeze in with the kids. The little guy was happy to indulge her, as long as she wasn’t sitting on his tablet. We met Dan for the fireworks, which were moved 15 minutes early due to storm warnings and also conducted in double
tubing 7/8/2017
It was a gorgeous, warm afternoon, a little hot, but not too much. Little Jay and Katie were at the lake. They haven’t been up often–too much work and school. But not today. We played games in the evening. Usually I’m pretty marginal on board games, but p.j. was counting on Apples to Apples, and