So, does this look like a place a family of 6 could call home? Well, they did and they traveled back and forth to Belfast with me on a regular basis. I opened the trunk (after many years) to get an insulated bag for Bob and there was a mouse sitting there looking at me. And it went from there. I'm going to drive the car again tomorrow equipped with multiple mouse traps to make sure it doesn't happen again.
Bob and I took off in early June and went out to Cincinnati for a a family visit with Kathleen, Mag, and Kate and her family. While there Bob made a new friend and gave him some helpful advice on drawing birds
Kathleen also made a new friend and they discussed the finer points of the book he was reading with music playing in the background.
It was a wonderful visit and it was great to spend time with everyone out there. Hopefully we'll be able to get out there again soon.
This is the new addition to the house. If you look closely you can see Joe DiMaggio at bat.
And this is Joe from a distance. Depending on the time of day and the lighting you can see more or less of the obituary.
For the 4th we went to the Brooks parade which was larger than I expected and a lot of fun to watch.
Pizzas for a party we went to later in July.
And our favorite Saturday activity, going to the Brooks Farmers Market.
Remember the pictures of the cows along my walking route from last year? This is Carrie and she's the woman responsible for them. She and her sister run the farm down the street from us and we get our meat from them.
2 of Carrie's girls
And this is Bob and in the background Val talking to a customer. Val and Mark are the vegetable farmers where we get what we didn't grow in the back yard.
All in all, a great summer. Though the weather has been kind of strange, the gardens have loved it and we have so much frozen for winter already we had to start up the freezer in the Bob house to hold it all. And tomatoes are just starting to come in. Hopefully, if we're lucky we won't have to buy any tomato sauce or diced tomatoes this winter.
Finally we purchased 2 watercolors (one framed and Bob is making a frame for the other) of illustrations that a friend of ours did for a cookbook.
Susan Tobey White doesn't usually do watercolors so it's fun to have them and when they get their permanent home in the kitchen area (kind of where they are now, but re-arranged when they are both framed) they will show up better and add a lot to the kitchen.
And look what Bob just brought in from the garden!
