Lazy weekend

We spent a quiet, very lazy weekend at the lake with Mom. Reading, lazing on the boat, playing cribbage, visiting with the neighbors. My goal for the weekend was to rest my hand from working and catch up on my reading. I believe I succeeded quite nicely. We did manage to put Mom's hummingbird feeder up. A chain was found to hang it from as the old fish line was broken. We didn't see any birds at the feeder, but I'm sure they will find it soon.

I didn't even get my camera out until this swallowtail butterfly showed up for lunch. Of course he had disappeared by the time I got it out of the bag, but he was nice enough to return after a few minutes for his photo-op.










Enough pictures, there he goes.


These come up by the cottage every year, planted by Mom years ago from seed. We were guessing they were phlox, but google suggests they are Sweet William (dianthus). I will have to remember to tell Mom.

Motocross!

I love shooting sports and getting that perfect "capture". With the kids grown and out of high school now, there are less opportunities to get action shots. In the winter, there is snowmobile oval racing, now in the summer there is dirt bike racing. It's loud, dusty, fun to watch, and there are ample opportunities for stopping the action with a photo. The track is basically a series of jumps and turns. Instead of an oval, it twists and turns back on itself, so that you have racers going in all directions at the same time, but yet all going the same way. People of all ages, from little kids to middle age are participating.

Some young racers at the starting line.

Good Luck!!

They're off!

You definitely need goggles for this sport.

Keeping an eye on their racer.

Puppies are always good subjects for a photo.

Got some good air on that jump.

Four laps and it's done.

Lunch!

Lots of time to just hang out between races.

These little guys have their own track. There are jumps, but most of them aren't going fast enough to get off the ground very far.

Love this little girl's pink mohawk helmet.

A summer solstice anniversary

Happy anniversary to my big sis and brother-in-law. Here's a bouquet from my old garden, in your favorite color. May you have many more.

No more daily walks...

My Lab Denny was a loyal friend and walking companion for over 13 years, but sadly she didn't make it through the second winter in our new home. She didn't come to live with us until she was almost 8 months old, so there are no cute little puppy photos of her.

When she was young, she loved to chase her tennis ball endlessly, and whoever was throwing it would usually tire long before she would. She loved to chew rawhide bones, old tied-up socks, used Kleenex, and strangely, the corners of cardboard boxes. All those habits eventually went away as she matured, but she still loved to go for walks, almost til the end. She loved long walks, she loved going in the car, or riding in the boat, wherever her people were. She loved people, and made instant friends wherever she went. The kennel owner near our new home where she stayed only twice, said it well, "She's just happy wherever she is."