Sunday, September 1, 2019

September Brings Fall Fun!


Fall colors ... touring pond in the peddleboat   😎
First day of September ... who says you can't go home ...
girls visit their "Birth Home" and swim with family  💖

Their Gramee Jean always spoils them  😍

Cousins on the "Blankie"
This log has been floating all around the pond for weeks!
Home-made "drag" pulls behind tractor to grade the driveway!
No Agility class, so classmates took a walk along Vermont river!
Camp Cedar is open for Fall and return Camper Gwen
(formally Emily) has settled right in ... her Counselors
seem to remember and Welcome her!
Fall is in the air and it's Harvest Day  🍅
Emma visits her Grammy and Gwen visits too!
Helping with our Apple Harvest ... and samples too   🍎
Mya - Willow - Gwen - Emma

Gwen's first Peddle-boat ride  🐾
The work crew doesn't look too impressed with the new
"Work Boss"!
Nice Fall Day at Camp!
Practicing "TEAMWORK"   👍
Willow and I during our Hospice rounds ... she is full of
"vocal" stories for all who will listen
( Rehab, Short & Long Term Residents, Alzheimer & Hospice patients, Staff, Families and Administration)  😃

Gorgeous Mum "Thank You" gift for working PVKC Fall weekend
Scent Tracking Test in Massachusetts ... girls went as spectators! 
Agility practice day in Vermont!
Camper Gwen is "acing" her "WAIT" lessons!

Saturday, August 3, 2019

August Already - Summer Moving Fast!


First August Adventure ... Beckett's Pool Party  😎
(Pool full - Emma's helping with the hose)

Aunty Peg made frozen PB/Honey/Yogurt treats  😋
(Emma & Beckett enjoying)
We've added a George Foreman electric grill to our
Outdoor Summer Kitchen ... old propane-lava rock grills off to dump!
Willow & I were thanked by New England Hospice for our weekly
visits at LCCMV in Massachusetts ... Willow always has
a "vocal" story for patients and families -   💝
Action weave poles shot of Emma
(photo by Faye D)

Agility Tunnel shot Emma
(photo by Faye D)
Emma climbs the A-frame!
(photo by Faye D)
How the Dam/Spillway looks these days ... Shade is GONE!!!
Willow loves picking wild Blackberries  😋
Storm brought down this tree, on the wires ... No power loss!
Bye-Bye tree ... firewood!
Inspection of green hardwood firewood delivery for 2021!
Peach crop is small this year ... only 1/2 tree is alive!
Savoring this PERFECT Last-Week-of-August day 😊
Last of August adventures in Vermont!

Vermont Country Store!

Monday, July 1, 2019

Looking Forward to July!


What a fabulous 4th of July week ... sunny with a wonderful breeze  ... checking off some home yard projects, going to the girls Agility practice, getting a SunKissed "puppy fix" and visiting with our lil' Camper Gwen (formally Emily) and finally pool-time at the home of the girl's birth  😎

Greeting July by looking back at Emma enjoying the
July daisies 💖 
Pool Time at home of girl's birth  🌞
Life is Good ...lounging by the pool ... Mya, Willow, Emma
(Thanks Gramee Jean & Grampee Duane)
Visit with our lil' Camper Gwen (formally Emily)
(photo by Kara Ferri)
Pond Watching ... bench was a 60th birthday family gift
and had to be moved to higher ground when pond water
level rose!
WHAT 😲... it's 8:30am and these three are still asleep on the
porch ... guess it was a GREAT pool day yesterday!!!
Happy 4th of July ... it's gonna be a HOT one ... the
"Summer Kitchen" is out  and the girls are focusing on
SWIMMING!!!
"How Our Garden's Grown"
(we're watching the tiny summer squash)
Pond water level is slowly going down - Dock is still knee deep!
(waiting to see red dock, but meanwhile need to reseed shore line)
We had some Special visitors  💓
(Jim, Peg & Eden Doyle - Willow, Beckett, Mya & Emma)
We met some Agility classmates for lunch at the Marina
in Brattleboro Vermont ... and there were leftovers  😋
Just trying to relax on a HOT day!!!
Weekend visitors and the girls loved it  😎
(God-daughter Jess & College friend Morgan)
Our Busy Lil' Beaver  👀