Eclipse in Kentucky

We decided we had to see 2:30 minutes of totality, so we headed for Kentucky. It was AMAZING!!!

November 30th...

It's the last 4 hours of November. And it's 55 degrees out, the flowers are still plugging away. And a thunderstorm is scaring poor Roxy (who was sure that summer-like weather was behind us...).

It is supposed to drop back to highs in the 40s for the rest of the week. But man.... I don't see how anyone can question global warming any longer....

November 6th!!!

It's 53 degrees in the shade. Not even a crisp fall day, but more like a late September fall day. And most f my randomly planted summer flowers are still kicking!!!

Dan's out front reading in the sun. Kat will be playing in piles of leaves shortly. Another amazingly warm fall day. I refuse to put my swing away yet... tomorrow is supposed to be 60!!!

Various pics from last few weeks of summer

Ready? To ride the wooden roller coaster for 1st time...

4th grade!!

Sailing camp

This is fantastic & not what I was expecting from sailing camp! These 2 eight year olds were out there in the (unsinkable) boat for maybe 2 hrs. By themselves! In the Lake. Where it was pretty rough! They struggled sometimes & the counsellors in the zodiac would come over and advise them and get them moving In the right direction. I think they were almost to Canada once!!

Sailing camp!!!

Bath day!

Well, a beautiful day and I figured I'd give the dogs their annual bath... This picture of Roxy is AFTER the bath!!!! Which, of course, led to another bath immediately, and stating tied up while drying!!!

Florida!

Who's sorry now?

I suspected that the daffodils would regret their hurry to spring. The poor dejected things look like they indeed do have some regrets.

Duet second place

Synchro Solo

Skiing in Vermont!

We spent 3 days skiing. Kat did lessons the first two and today we all skied together. She did great at maintaining control on the ice and keeping an eye out for the vast crowds who were flying down the trails we were on.

We skied from the peak to the creek (I'm sure there's a creek at the bottom somewhere....).

And a random shot of the cats on the kitchen counter (where else would they be?).

Spring is here?

Well, it certainly seems like it could be... This is what I saw in the back yard today. It was 55 degrees out there!

The lilac bush is ready to go...

Curiosity....

Belt testing!

You'll see she's not keeping her guard up. But held her own pretty well!!

I love this tree

This is across from our front yard. I get great pics of it with the sunset behind it in all seasons. It is a great tree!!

I did my spring yard cleanup!

On December 13th!

It was 70 degrees out! I cleaned up most of the leaves in the back yard. But, as the grass is not dormant yet, the leaves have killed a lot of grass. Between that and the lack of leaves covering the pre-existing mud, it's going to be muddy & messy w/ these two clowns! It is so convenient to back to the woods.... All those leaves just go over the fence!!

Last visit to Santa?

We will see. Apparently the debate rages in 3rd grade. I hear different things every day: Joey believes in Santa, but not the flying reindeer. Robbie says that moms & dads buy presents and say they're from Santa......

Chris (visiting from point west for a few weeks) kept telling her to ask for an aardvark, but alas, she did not.

Her basketball career has begun!

Today was basketfest. Three scrimmages back to back to back to give the girls an idea how a game goes (and get them used to running back and forth!).

She looks like a natural out there!! I think she's going to be good at this sport. We are coaching. Well, Dan is. I'm more of a general manager, as I know little about basketball!!