overcast and stifling hot
This was the place to be on Saturday–in the water, or else in air conditioning. Love, Val
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sam takes a swim
We were all down at the lake, kids galore swimming, and even though Sam has become very arthritic in the last year, I knew she’d love this, so I went and got her. It was a long walk for her, even though it’s not that far. She’s started on pain medication for her joints a
little pool!
The Little Pool at Triangle Park opened last week. Today after my real estate appointment, p.j. was severely BUGGING me about getting the pool pass purchased so they could go to the POOL. Tim rode along so he could supervise the two of them in the car while I did this. ($35, unlimited use, Yay!)
father’s day, 2016
There’s my dad, smiling on another summer day. Here’s Jay and Heidi, 1988. Here’s a beautiful old photo: Jay is the baby on his mom’s lap. Beside him are Meril and Todd, on his dad’s lap. Here’s my mother in law’s father, John, playing cards with our John. These are my mother’s grandparents, with me
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6-11-16
Saturday was perfectly gorgeous. This little twerp posed for a picture. He looks so much like Dannell’s dad it cracks me up. These road crossing signs were purchased at Fleet Farm last week. We put one at each end of the road where the series of cabins starts and ends. We could hardly believe how
thirty-seven years of john
By surprise, we got to spend the whole day with you, and it was a summer day about as perfect as they ever are, hot sun, fresh breeze, water crisp and blue. This is a storyline happening here where the kid in the blue shirt is instructing the other child about “Fart Power,” and did
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beautiful june
A gorgeous, magenta peony, and a luscious baby girl: A longer range view of the patio: This lily blooms once a year, a gorgeous pale bloom. Lookin’ good, You. Irises as far as the eye can see. If you want any, come over, we’ll dig you up a bucket. And that is the end of
sweet
Alicia sent me this picture of them and it’s very sweet. Alicia and I are fond of each other, truly. Plus, I love my grandchildren in a fierce, fiery way. And yet it’s not a lie that one of the things I love about these kid-in-laws is our shared affection for my children. The test