summer 2011

summer 2011

Paul and I, all 16 kids and Ashley, Benjamin's wife...Christmas 2012

Paul and I, all 16 kids and Ashley, Benjamin's wife...Christmas 2012
family

Friday, August 15, 2025

not sick of THIS either!!!!

 

Lake Ontario...so clear and warm in August.  This is only 17 miles from our house.  I adore the beach, I really really do.  I hate sand, but ha, love the beach.  :)

I had too much sunscreen on my nose, but oh well.  I was quite happy to sit in the sun after playing in the waves with Achilles, Rhys, and Jamison.
Camille was holding baby Ellis.

This fine morning, I went to my water aerobics class, then moseyed to Aldi, all by my lonesome.  I got grapes, bread, turkey, mini burger rolls, milk, and popsicles.  I stopped for a coffee, then home...ahh, home.  I had to bring in my backpack with wet swimming stuff, and all of my Aldi stuff, ugh.  Paul wasn't home, the girls were at work...it was quiet.  I put things away, cleaned my bathroom, washed some windows and puttered around.  The flowers on the deck needed some water, then I sat out there and put my feet up in the hot sunshine...when Kathryn texted and asked me if I wanted to go to the beach.  Yes, yes I did.  

I found Char's and Cam's bathing suits for them, and picked them up from work.  We spent a little over two hours there, then came home and had BLT's, tomatoes from the garden.  I actually had bacon and eggs, and a bit of tomato, but mmm.  

The girls are getting ready for college, they both bought new computers.  I can't believe how quickly we've gotten to this point, but it's exciting for them.  


Tomorrow some grandchildren will be coming over, it's supposed to be hot, and a chance of rain.  I'll take the rain!  I'll also take the heat.   Turns out I rather like it.  Next week is supposed to be cooler, and dang, we're going camping next weekend, and yes I'll survive with jeans and a sweatshirt, but ahh, the sundress is my favorite!  I know fall is just around the corner, the leaves are already falling off our poplar trees, and they crunch underfoot when I go out to water the garden, it smells like autumn.  Lovely, but I am not ready to say goodbye to summer yet.

The sun is setting too early, the days getting shorter, no!!!!  Ah well.  Life marches on.  Have a good evening!


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