Last Rose of Summer

We spent some time at the Rose Garden

 where Landon could play Pokémon Go on his computer.

I followed the butterflies and bees in the garden.

 

Too much magnification but just wanted to show my busy bee.

 

Summertime...and the living is fishy

I'm a "Poolie."

That's what Becky Blackman, the pool manager,

calls those of us who volunteer to help her check the quality

 of the water in our West Park pool.

Every weekday at 5 p.m., I enter the code to the mechanical room,

read the meter and write the numbers in the big yellow book.
Water is checked by "Poolies" four times a day.

Landon says he is growing his hair to look like a surfer dude.

Landon spent a few days in the pool this summer

 One day, the numbers looked off so I texted Becky.

 She headed to the pool and saw that the chlorine line had gone dry.

I was rewarded with a text, "Excellent volunteering!!!"

Who knew something so simple could bring me such pleasure!
Retirement.



 

And They're Off!

 

Dave, Hunter, Paulina, and Grandpa Al are heading west.

Sioux City to Sioux Falls for the first leg, then Rapid City

where G Al's sister, Kathy, lives. She and Jeff will give these Iowans a

home for four nights while they explore the surrounding neighborhood.

 

 

Hunter planned this trip but Dave will do the driving, given Hunter's

arm in a sling after surgery on some muscles that he threw out of whack while lifting weights.

The Underwood Boys are Busy

Blake is in Hawaii with his buddy, Cael, and Cael's family...

on the island of Kawaii, to be exact.

Finger-Licking Delicious food truck.

Best beach he's ever seen, says Blake. I guess that takes out Siesta Key in Florida...




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 Meanwhile, back home, Hunter is recovering from shoulder surgery.

He is being patient.

 

 

 

Birthday Treat to Share

Allen is now 77! We went off to Bravo! for dinner to celebrate on the patio overlooking Jordan Creek's manmade lake. The weather was perfect...a breezy 85 degrees.

And the warm sponge cake was topped with gelato and fresh berries.

Way to top off a beautiful day!

 

Happy Birthday, Al!

 

 

Going to Church

OK, so it's Cathedral Rock near Sedona, Arizona.

 Where the Jerdees spent time on Sunday.

Now they're on the way to the Grand Canyon,

 the focus of this summer's family vacation.

 

 

Remember When?

Sarasota. About fifteen years ago...

Long ago and faraway, Adam and I worked as a team producing magazine stories.

In this photographed moment, we were styling and writing a shopping story

on Main Street in downtown Sarasota, Florida.

 

OK, so I'm sitting in my rocking chair,

looking back through pictures of the past.

A rather fun armchair travel.