Dad's Day

The rain actually held off this past Sunday so that we could have a BBQ and pool time for Dad's Day.

The girls in the photos are Hope's cousins Their Dad John is a great guy. He is my DIL's cousin.
The little boy is Gabriel - his parents are my DIL's brother Michael and the famous Tita Geli
Micheal is the baseball coach in one of the pics.


Here we go ...

Snow Saturday

At 4:30 this morning I was asleep on the sofa. Flashlight in hand. Cats at my feet.

At 4:45 a snow plow on the street behind us stopped and the flashing yellow lights made the cats go nuts. They were zooming up and down the hall and running to the windows.

I took some photos of the back yard through an open window. An icy mixture was blowing into the camera so apologies for crappy effects.

Then I took a few more shots from the carport at the side of the house. The footprints are my son's. He came home from work in the middle of the night.

Compared to CT, MA, RI and Long Island, NY we didn't get slammed with snow. I think there's about a foot of snow out there.

We never lost power, just some flickering. 

Stay warm and safe kids

Charlotte

there are a lot of spiders around me this time of year
and there is always at least one who builds her giant web in the worst possible place
at the junction between the gate to the yard and the driveway fence

no one pays attention and will destroy the web just by walking through

so, in my capacity as Den Mother to the Charlotte Club, I step in

I can see the spot from the kitchen window

Sometimes I see the web first

Sometimes I see Charlotte

I go out with my trusty giant piece of cardboard and begin the moving process

This particular Charlotte went all Ninja on me and with the heaviness of the rain droplets I couldn't save the web

So she was relocated to the carport where she could - and did - build a new web

Gotta go, there are worms in the driveway that must be moved back to the lawn

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Still Standing

The side yard of an old home that needs some love.

On the other side of the house I found a bonus shot ...

I call it 'Nobody Knows the Bottoms I've Seen'

Friday Fences

Gardening Blues

in a happy way

There were so many blue planters and garden objects out on my last visit to the garden center

Mid Week Blues

Outdoor Wednesday

Holding On and Hanging Out

the first two shots were taken recently near the marina
the last shot is from February, before the trees grew in to conceal my backyard friend

look at his little feet!

are we gonna sit here all day? let's go mess with some gulls

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