Hiccup

All righty, here are some snippets from mid-summer up until now - fall next week!  Guess I had about a two month blogging hiatus.  I overwhelm myself with how many pictures I take and then as time goes by - and if I don't cherry pick some of them as I upload them onto the computer - it turns into a little mountain in my mind.  Time to start a climbin' - they're pretty severely out of order but here goes:

Fun and loads of equipment to play with at Nana and Papa's house

Always love a wagon ride around the driveway

Mr. Whiskers gets a bit terrorized when Estelle comes in to town

A farmer's market bounty - beautiful - a highlight of summer 

Shoot, can't remember what this was but I'm sure it was a real charmer as all of Jason's pastas are outrageously delicioso

Whoa, this was REAL good - breakfast burrito of sorts

Jason uses just a touch? of garlic in a lot of his creations - shheeeeesh

Oh, my favorite - any sort of ravioli with sautéed shredded carrots and yellow squash with a balsamic vinegar wine sauce and the beloved baguette…and probably a glass of tart white - heavenly

Stunning view towards the lake of my Dad's (and aunt Kathy and bro Joe's) new house on Lake Poygan

Joe and Estelle take a stroll down to the water

Incredible double rainbow over Lake Michigan in late August

Favorite picture of the summer maybe! 

Roasting marshmallows on Lac Vieux Desert near Eagle River

Stelly loved the squirt gun - her little tongue in and out flapping in tandem with trigger pulls

Pretty happy to be hanging out up north with family

Also looking pretty content, I'd say.

We all have such a great time up there.

Sunset over LVD

We had our roof done and I thought I had the final cleanup figured out when I offered Graham a dime for each scrap he could find around on the ground…$19 later.  Ouch, thought maybe half of that…and we're still finding shrapnel!

Sauteed veggies with roasted potato wedges and barbecue chicken but not just any sauce...

Barbecue sauce from scratch of course

Action shot of Graham's first Little League season

LOVED playing catcher - I do believe it was in large part due to the equipment and being able to do this stance

Graham drew some pictures from a nature book.  So exciting and neat when he comes up with and does stuff like that on his own.

This little beauty - the photo doesn't quite do it justice - was always solitarily illuminated so amazingly on a few summer mornings looking out at the window box while doing readings.  Really made me smile and feel peace.

Classic face a la Stelly #1

and #2

Graham went to day camp through the YMCA for the week

OK - I think there's some malfunctioning going on with too many photos…will pick up next time with some more food and my cousin's incredible wedding, first day of school, etc…

Peace and love you