more of july…

glenn helped kevin launch his sailboat at the beginning of the month.  kevin lowered the boat into the water, and glenn motored back to shore…except the motor died, a constant theme in the hughes household up til recently.  luckily we have the new pontoon boat...

as july continues…

the weather is still incredible…today it was only in the 70s again. here’s one of our rainy days, which I love to look at and am so happy not to be riding my bike or hiking in. lately I’ve been inspired to attempt to clean up some of the massive...

july!

right now the weather is extraordinarily fantastic, so yay for that!  79 degrees right now, we might as well be in wales. even though we’re staying home this summer, things are mighty fine.  just ask les and riley… here’s the first tiny start of a...

a new lift at the end of june

this was the morning of june 28th, when the awesome jeff smith from his company JLS Marine boated over and installed our new boat lift.  it was quite an exciting morning, and remarkable at how quickly he and his worker, Fred, were able to secure the lift. fred is the...

moving right along through june…

moving right along through june…yet another darling les photo. it’s always impossible to take just one… a couple of weekend ago, amy, mom and I got invited by our friend missy to a fundraiser.  it was for an organization called Gen H Kids, and its...

more june

it’s been a windy summer so far.  hot, humid, windy.  this poor smoke tree cracked in the wind. and this tree out in the circle also came down.  windy. our friends glenn & Julie bought me this captain’s hat, and I like that it has bows on top.  I...

june june and more june…

i’m having a free moment right now.  it’s perfectly quiet here in the house, lester is sleeping on the back of the couch nearby, everybody is asleep. I’ve been photoshopping my june photos, realizing I was very busy taking lots and lots of...

diminishing brain function, each and every day!

I felt so good and virtuous, finally posting some photos a couple of hours ago after not doing so for much too long…but just now I got a text from my sweet aunt sandy, who kindly informed me that i’d posted photos of riley but wrote that he was chester....

the rest of june…

roared past, and I can’t believe it’s july.  the weather has made it seem like it’s august, however. meanwhile, a few june photos that weren’t boat-related. les finally sat on the floor to ceiling kitty tower we put up, but since then...