Parson’s Gardens continues to have the best climbing trees.

Beach days are upon us! Lorraine took a summer Friday and joined us for the morning in search of critters and sea glass. Beating the heat at the beach:)

It’s the season for garage sales and our morning pajama block walk yielded some choice picks paid in change. What’s physical money anymore? I’ll tell you it was no match for a 1,000 piece puzzle we apparently couldn’t live without and suddenly lost its price at the site of two cute kids:) We’ll be working on it all summer.

Birthday cards from the kids! Only, like any artwork, it’s subject to the artist’s vision. Happy Birthday to me! Meryl drew what 'looks' like a Mom and me picture...make no mistake, the larger person has no face and was a practice drawing for what became the smaller person who is her:)

When talent finds an audience:) Lucy was visiting Xanna and, well, there were somersaults. FaceTimer beware, what you ask to see may also be asked of you!

Remember these? Yep, still in use, still as loud, and still sort of effective. Meryl loves it.

Chess is fun when you’re making moves!

Take that, Bugles! America’s got a new favorite finger hat!

Winner, winner, fried chicken dinner!

We played Action Movie Trivia and pretty much got all the answers wrong:) But we started with lots of confidence!

We’re farmers now:)