final photos from june…

June 19th, and this happened…Amy was rollerblading at Southwind Park and she purposefully swerved into the grass so she wouldn’t encounter a person coming towards her. But it wasn’t grass, as much as bumpy hard ground and rocks and so she fell. She...

(mostly) outside in june

Les and Riley, always happy to hang out in the fenced yard. Lilies! All transplanted last year from different place in the yard. Now i kind of wish i’d planted them someplace where we could see them more often, but I think this is where they’ll stay. Can...

driveway resurfacing in june

at the beginning of june, in between throwing barge-fulls of giant rocks up onto the shore, kevin resurfaced the driveway, coating it with a new coat of black sealant. it was pretty hot then, but not as hot as when he was putting shingles on the roof later in the...

Turkey Escapades, Part Two

I didn’t think about the turkeys when going to bed on Tuesday, I didn’t dream about the turkeys, i’d forgotten all about them when i first woke up on Wednesday morning. But then i got a text from amy’s sister-in-law saying that unfortunately...

Turkey Escapades, Part One

Kevin has been re-shingling the roof on the old part of the house. He’s been feverishly working in the blistering heat and ridiculous humidity for several days now. More on that later, this is about a whole different deal… Late afternoon on Tuesday July...

kevin working and working…

almost a couple of weeks ago I wrote about how kevin and i (mostly kevin) threw our second barge-full of riprap up on the shore. kevin just gave me photos from the first barge, the Flinstones-sized rocks. Here, the barge is on the right side of the dock. Glenn came...

wrapping up may, finally

a bunch of random images at the end of may…first, Riley and Les Paul trying to relax on the screened porch on May 24th. May 25th, Memorial Day, Kevin relaxed down at the water for a brief time after doing some herculean effort, i’m sure. There was quite a...