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Thanks to our very gracious neighbor!

Spotlight: Fox-tail Lily

I just can't get over the beauty of the Eremurus robustus!  It makes me think more about something I read out of The Supper of the Lamb.  "O the sad frugality of the middle-income mind.  How far it lies from the playfulness of Him who composed such odd and needless variations on the themes of leaf...!"

Floriferous!

 

Summer Fun

Tarp and Soap!  A friend called it Slip and Slide, Belorussian style.  We loved it!

I've told the kids that this summer, we'll go to the beach very early on the hottest day of each week.  Bliss... until the "Dangerously high levels of e-coli" sign was posted.  What!?  We've poisoned the lake.  I am sad and angry.

Paddling on the lake with friends!  Ty flipped the hand-made by Mr. W. kayak thrice, leading to him to spend the rest of the time chillin' in the middle.  :)

Meat Boy

The other day a Friend from Far Away brought some delicacies from his land, which I told the kids they must try.  "Take one for the team," said I.  They were not pleased.  BUT, by the end of the night, Ty declared that he loved frog meat with the bones.  Ha!

And then the doctora's gradi: