Granddad's been having fun

Yes, the Old Guy has been living it up.

He got to dress up and stay out late.

He got to entertain visitors.

He got presents.

He had lots of fun with company.

And Mimi showed up with a picnic featuring honey baked ham sandwiches.

As he says,

"Pretty good, for an old duck!"

Take me out...

Take me out to the ball game

Take me out with the crowd

buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks

I don't care if I never come back

'cause it's root, root, root for the home team

If they don't win it's a shame

and it's one,

two,

Three! strikes

You're out at the old ball game!

The More We Get Together

In storytime we sing it, and in my heart I feel it:

"The more we get together...

together...

together,

the more we get together,

 -the happier we'll be!"

August, quietly

Ah, it wasn't all hiking and swimming while the New Virginians (formerly known as the Vacationeers) visited.

There was the traditional book store trip.

Followed by a predictable activity...

fortunately we had plenty of reading material available.

The also traditional challenge to the Chess Master occurred...

but not all our games were finished before it was time to move on to the Main Event.

August Outside

I'll continue my August retrospective with some happy outdoor memories.

One would be hiking with my brother by the "lake" that isn't currently a lake -- I know that looks like water behind him but it is actually dense deep weeds in the sun.

We did find some water on that hike, off the trail and down to the creek that fed the lake.  There was almost enough to skip stones...and I was with a champion stone skipper!

On the hottest afternoon of the whole week we took off for a real lake,  racing across the burning beach to get to the --ahhhh--cool water.

We floated up and down with the gentle waves and wondered where everyone else was.

Wouldn't you think on a fine hot afternoon like this that the water would be full of folks?  We swam, waded, built sandy structures, and pretty much had the place to ourselves.  One of us sat in the shade up on the hill with a good book, and I am NOT sharing the picture of the chair that ripped apart when I joined her and sat down in it. 

Hot?  You need something cold.  Cold and sweet.  So many choices, it was hard to decide...

but, YUM, when you got exactly the best flavor ever!

August Revisited

August this year was a time of long made plans coming to fruition.

Just like the Surprise Lilies pop up this month, their green leaves long gone in the heat of summer, our months and weeks and days of preparation suddenly were gone, and up popped the fun we'd been getting ready for.

It was time to add ALL the leaves to the table and to fill it with good things to eat.

Time to celebrate!  Birthdays for our traveling Virginians.

And a week or so of celebrating the Indy Duo's wedding - with presents small...

...and large.

And with wonderful things to wear (although Hoosier Kitty's quilt wasn't quite intended for this!)

Now that it is September, and all the lilies and visitors and celebrations are happy memories, I intend to revisit August and share some of the good times here.  More to come!