Tall ships visit

Cardinal cousins

Bookends

Our kids with the Baumgartner kids, progeny of my college pal, Tenni, and her husband, Dave. They all stopped by for a visit tonight; how grateful we are for it.

"Time it was, and what a time it was, it was. I have a photograph..."

Cousins at the castle park

We kicked off our Indiana visit with a trip to an extensive park including multi-peaked castles and cozy alcoves.

So far, so fun

We've been busy so far this summer, and we've also been having a whale of a time. We'll see if the pace slows down a bit next week.

Pruning does wonders

I was really unhappy with how these bushes were shaping up this year, so last night I went after them with the pruning shears. Although there is still some tweaking to do, I feel better about them already.

Get on the bus!

Zada was all ready for Girl Scout day camp this morning. Here she is boarding the bus with her friend and camp buddy, Kyla.