On to Summer

Yesterday was the longest day of the year! What a beautiful day. The blog has been neglected again for two reasons - constant activity here and a camera that is not working. We hope to get it repaired or replaced soon so we can dazzle you again with our amazing pictures! This picture from a birthday party at Bonanza for Louise is the best we can do today:

Here you see Meghan, Andrew and Ryan in back with us in front.  JoAnna was the photographer. Since this party we have had a second one for Jessica's birthday. It is fun to gather as a family and we need to do more of it.

The biggest news here is about Gary's artwork. King's Landing has agreed to carry his prints and cards of the village in the gift shop. We have been very busy matting and preparing them to go. We hope to get them over there on Tuesday. We have no idea yet what difficulty we will encounter at the border, but hopefully we will succeed. He is also planning to go to the Maple Meadow Farm Fair next weekend and sell some prints and cards. Getting artwork ready has occupied much of our time.

We did get to spend a couple of days at the camp and enjoyed it a lot. It is so peaceful there. It would be hard to find a nicer place to spend a summer day. The rest of our energy goes into gardening. Gary has done a great job getting flower beds weeded and looking good. The irises are starting to bloom and we have some beautiful ones. The vegetable garden in all done and growing well. We have an overabundance of lettuce, more than two people could possibly eat. The cold spring has set things back a bit, but basically it's looking good. Hopefully next time we will have some pictures of it!

Summer is the best season of all. It is so nice to go out in the yard and see the flowers in bloom. Those wild roses that Matthew tried to kill last winter have started to blossom and fill the air with their fragrance. Life is good.