Val’s-outside-voice: Summer

Thursday, July 20, 2023

May 2023 moments..

Hi,

Well I managed to get all my photos from May and June uploaded to my computer, my EHD and Dropbox..yay!

Here's some of our summer so far..

For my birthday this year Bev took me to see the play Tina. I decided to stay overnight since we also had May's Bunco. At the time Bev was staying at Sue's house on the lake and taking care of her dog while she was out of town. She graciously allowed me to stay there too.

View of Lake Erie from the bedroom I stayed in.

We met Lisa for lunch at The Tree House

Ok, not gonna lie. This was my first Mimosa..never again. Not a fan! LOL

The play was downtown Cleveland at Playhouse Square. Such an awesome place.

It was an awesome performance!

Oreo sure is giving Willow lots of exercise!!

Willow & Oreo

We have a message group in the family called Wordle and 5 of us Wordle each morning and post our results. I did see someone else (I think on FB) also does this, but one person picks a starting word..that sounds fun! Anyway, Jenn got a 1!!

Elliott helped me with the gnome garden..

The flowers in the garden are absolutely gorgeous! Paul does such a nice job in the yard. Our little oasis..

Unusual tulips

That's it for May..

Thanks for stopping by.

Friday, November 22, 2019

July 2019

My how time flies! It's November!

Instead of trying to capture the last few months in one post, I'm going to post about each month separately. I feel I can easily post more pics in each post too.

We went to Virginia Beach in to pick up the grands for our annual summer Logan and Emmy fix. We took the camper and decided to camp on the beach at First Landing State Park, and then bring them back with us to Ohio for a couple of weeks. Paul and I both decided that we NEVER want to camp again there in the summer. It was so hot that even in the evenings when we usually roast marshmallows and have s'mores, it was 98°!

Here are a few of my favorite pics from July..

We spent most of the day in the water. The sand..OH SO HOT!! You actually had to run to the water or you could wear your sandals and leave them at the water's edge.

Emmy running to the water and that's Logan out there in his kayak.

Logan is sooo good at catching crabs in the dark. Yikes!

Playing the card game golf in the air conditioning.

Managed to get some s'mores made, even in the heat.

Back home we took the kids to Swings N Things. It was nice this year and didn't rain.

Here comes Logan.

Emmy came with me to the Assisted Living where I call Bingo on Tuesdays. She was a big help and I think she had alot of fun. All the ladies made a fuss over her.

Emmy turns 11 on August 1st and since she loves Minnie Mouse...

Nice picture with Paul's dad. So glad he came for her birthday.

A few birthday gifts.

Emmy came with me to babysit Ellie. She's 3 months old!! Again we had fun times and Emmy got to swim in their pool.

I started on another pair of socks..

I took Emmy to the Chinese Lantern Festival at the zoo. We went with Bev and her friend Kelly. I just wish it started later because it doesn't get dark enough to actually enjoy the lights until after 8:30.

Kelly, Bev, Me and Emmy

Emmy's Chinese birthday is the Rat.

This dinosaur actually moved it's head!

Some of the lanterns were spectacular..like this walk through shark!

I made a walker bag for a lady at the Assisted Living..

Bev, Joanie and I went and saw the play "Come From Away". It was really GOOD.

We had ladies game night at Bev's and Emmy was invited. Bev had a white elephant game and sparklers!

Emmy was writing her name with her sparkler.

I finally finished my Game of Thrones knit along. It's a wrap that to be honest I'll probably never wear. I may take it apart and use the yarn for a rectangle wrap. These triangle ones I just don't get it! LOL.