Another Father's Day

This year we tried something new. A Thai restaurant, one that a quilt lady suggested at a bee meeting the week before, and given a great quilt lady endorsement, she said "It was lovely". Who can argue with that, plus it was close and in a new building.
Walking in, there was a very Asian, but somehow homey environment, the staff spoke English and were very nice and helpful.
I had coconut soup, which I love, but this soup had a hot sauce added at the end, not my favorite.
When P and Em walked in, P's nose went up and he said he didn't like Thai food or the way it smelled. Eventually, I had to tell him to suck it up, it was Fathers Day and Dad loves Thai food.



This is B and S cutting up over wearing bifocals, B can look just as nerdy as S, just way younger!!!








This is P not wanting his picture taken. If he could send me some that Em took, I would have better ones for my blog. I will find the best one I can and post it tomorrow.


For some reason, I took too few pics and there are no women in this post, P was off celebrating with her dad, being a good daughter, we missed her.

Most importantly S enjoyed his meal and the company, so it was good.

Is it hot in here????

When it is so hot and sticky that the thought of going outside sets your brain to thinking, "wait, I know there are plenty of things to do inside". Poor old Clare is not getting walked as often, if only I could get going by 6am it would be cool enough, but I would be sleepwalking!

So here is a picture of when it was cold...enjoy

Beautiful Pictures

This picture was taken Blue Mountain Beach, Florida by Patrick Crane.

A WEEK AT THE Beach

"Crane's Vacation" scrawled in the sand on the last day, so sad, we had to leave.

The water was mostly calm, the sand was clean and white, the house was cool and comfortable and the thunderstorms were loud and watery...all in all, that's the best of a week in Florida.

We walked Clare, the wonder dog, her cousin, Maggie came on Tues nite, so she had constant companionship. She loved the walks but the blacktop and sand were hot on her feet. S, P,E, Band P all got color, some burnt, but no major toasting.

S and I had coffee every morning on the porch, the breeze and the sound of the ocean were wonderful, S actually relaxed... S learned to grill over charcoal again, with a few missteps, but had mahi mahi and shrimp on the grill that was wonderful. Ate at a restaurant called "stinkys", should have followed my instincts about eating at a place called "Stinky's" but enough said.

Clare was good on the drive but refused to lay down even though we made a bed for her in the back of the van. So when she got home she was sleeping for a long time.
These pics are from the drive home, everybody gave me a hard time about being nervous going over this bridge, but it wasn't the bridge that made me nervous, it was the close proximity of the water that gave me the frights.

Would like to do it again, but maybe a bigger house with a pool, I can dream can't I....

B, S, P and S on the beach......