Paula's Visit

A dear friend of mine, Paula, visited us this summer. We have known each other since we were teenagers. It was so great having her for a visit. Lots of fun - dinner at Andes hotel, Hyde Hall, Fenimore Museum, Farmers museum, lunch at marina, grilling out, Olana, Walton movie theatre. So great seeing her!

John Mickel's Service

The entire family joined the Briarcliffe church and choir to celebrate John Mickel's life. It was a lovely service and ceremony. Such lovely people. It was great having the entire family together to support each other.

Weekend Recap

Lots of work this weekend. We put together our inflatable hot tub to see if we would use the hot tub that frequently. Brought up my Mom's gardenia bushes that get stored in the basement for the winter and come out for the summer so we can be reminded of my Mom one more summer. There has been so much rain so everything looks so lush. We got our wind spinners that we ordered for February but got them finally in June. Put together a new LLBean adirondack - we had wooden ones but this was a resin construction so I hope it holds up compared to the wooden versions. Just hitting our stride and enjoying a slow cool summer so far.

Bovina Farmer's Market

Bovina Farmer's Market! Our first Farmer's Market Friday didn't get the best weather - rainy and in the 40's however it did offer a lot of new excitement. The Livestock Foundation which is a Bovina funded organization whose role is to restore and build for the benefit of the community. Their latest project among many was to build an outdoor pavilion that could be used for Farmer's Market but also for public use and a vendor space for Bovina Dairyman baseball games. The pavilion is awesome. Huge covered space and a kitchen that can be used for guest food vendors and lots of picnic tables and space for craft and food vendors. We get there early at 4 - it has become a ritual in the summer to partake of the featured food vendors and buy local bread, donuts, meat, produce and all we need for the weekend. This weekend featured this Chinese food vendor and we bought Korean beef pineapple tacos and the best pineapple fried rice we have ever tasted. We bought donuts from our favorite couple - Carol and Tim who make the best apple cider sugar donuts! One of our neighbors has a farm and we bought pork Osso Bucco for Saturday night dinner from him. Lots of beautiful crafts to look at and music to boot. Summer begins!

Rummaging and Gardening.

Great weekend of hitting yard sales, rummage sales and nurseries. Beautiful day and some great bargains to boot. Lunch at Hamden General and dinner with spice pork chops and vinegar pie. Lovely lovely day.