Weekend

 

The first flush of June roses is waning and I need to dead head and feed them! They've been lovely, and one is still going strong.

My Annabelle hydrangea are gorgeous, and the other hydrangea are coming on. Soon I'll have more flowers to enjoy.

I did all red, white, and blue (pale purple) in my deck pots. That's fun for summer.

Friday night I went to a co-op mom's gathering at my friend Britt's house. It was held in their lovely garden. It was good to gather with friends, and enjoy a lovely summer night in the garden. Bonus: She gave me fresh cut lettuce to bring home!

We had our last outdoor service yesterday, at church. I love these services.

Tim and I grabbed a quick lunch yesterday after church, and I rode with him to get a water sample from a customer's home. Then he brought me home, and he went on an emergency call, and then to our daughter and son in law's to help Wes with his plumbing for their pool. Our daughter is out of town with a friend to shoot a wedding so I stayed home. 

I had lots of time to listen to the last book in The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion. I will be so sad when I finish this book. What a delightful character she is, and the life she is building is unique and wonderful. I highly recommend this series.

Tonight is the full moon for June, known as the Strawberry Moon. Prayers for all those who work in Law Enforcement, ER's and Labor and Delivery. I hope your evenings are not too crazy!

Summertime

 

On Saturday, Tim and I traveled down to the DC area and hung out with our daughter Sarah and son in law Dave. We went out to lunch, and sat outside in the beautiful sunshine and watched people on pedal boats on a small lake. Then we drove to Great Falls Park. The Potomac River runs through a lovely gorge and the falls are so pretty. 

This high water marker is incredible.

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It was very crowded not like this photo! It was also very hot!

We saw houses being built in this area that must be classified as super mansions! They are enormous. Sarah and Dave do not live in this area, and so we drove back to their small, but really nice apartment! We had a rest from the heat and crowds and had great discussions! So, so fun!

Then we realized it was after 7:00 pm and went to get some dinner. After dropping them off at their apartment, we headed home. 

It was such a great day.

On Sunday, Father's Day, we had an outdoor service at church and then the church picnic. The whole day was good! Worship, baby dedications, good message, 2 baptisms. It was fun to have my parents with us, too!

We took the grands home after, and then we napped, and Tim went to help our son in law, Wes with something. Came back and he mentioned that our son Nate texted and told him they were bringing the girls to swim.

This photo was taken at 8:19 pm. It was not only Father's Day but it was the summer Solstice! The youngest girls have really gained skill in the pool this year, so that is fun to see!

It was a hard day for my daughter in law as it was the 17th anniversary of her mother's death. She was killed by a drunk driver who crashed headlong into her car as she waited at a red light. My daughter in law said she just tried to keep busy yesterday. She died two months before Nate and Kay met.

I've been enjoying summer since Memorial Day and I will continue until Labor Day. I hope you are all doing well. 

Around My Cottage Recently

 

My days have been full of sunshine, blue sky, or summer storms! We had one that set off a tornado alert last night so we spent an hour down in the basement.

The weather today is cool and breezy, with sunshine. blue skies, and big. puffy, white clouds. My favorite.

My roses are blooming in the cottage garden, I'll try to get some photos this week. The Annabelle hydrangea are beginning to bloom, too!

My oldest grand turns 16 today! I hosted a party for her on Saturday. When her friends left she said, "That was fun!" That was music to my ears!

This summer is full of fun things and I am looking forward to all of it!

What are your summer plans?

Weekend

 

Let Summer Begin! 

The weather here has been beautiful lately. Low 70's, sunshine. Tim has the pool open now, and he says with the temps going up this week, it might be warm enough to swim in this coming weekend!

I always decorate patriotically for summer starting with Memorial Day and right through Labor Day in September. I need to add some more potted flowers to the deck but otherwise we are good to go!

We ate lunch on the deck yesterday and the sheep (they belong to our Amish neighbors but live in our barn and pasture) were bleeting away. They do this when they want something. Our neighbor came over after getting home from church and he said they were complain that he'd closed them into the barn. However, when they were getting ready to head to church all the sheep had gotten out of their fencing and were in their yard!

Our neighbors are moving in a few weeks, to their farm in York county. We will miss them so much, escape artist sheep, too!

We are in the midst of another full birthday month. Rachel's was yesterday, Weston's in tomorrow, then four grand birthdays, and my sister in laws bday! 

We are making plans for family/friends visits this summer in July and August! 

Can't wait!