Mushroom

A mushroom macro:

Choo choo

This photo has nothing to do with this, but Happy 20th Anniversary to Jim & Terry today!

Pink wildflower

Another shot from my trip to Gilsland Farm. The walking paths are mowed paths through meadows filled with wildflowers. Heaven for me.

Da bear

I wonder if we'll see any bears while we're in Rangeley...I took this photo at the Maine Wildlife Park earlier this month.

Another season comes to an end

Cam's baseball season has gone out with a whimper not a bang--his last scheduled game on Friday was won by forfeit. His team will be in the playoffs, but we're gone on vacation. Only three weeks 'til football season!

They're leaving on a jet plane

Two weeks and one hospital stay later than expected, Dad and Eleanor will be flying home to Florida on Saturday morning. He's recovered well (I should have had him pull his shirt collar over and show his gnarly scar for this photo) and gotten the doctor's OK to go home. We're going to miss them very much, but I'm glad they'll be able to go back to their own home and routines. We love you guys!And we're off to Rangeley for the week! See you when we get back. But thanks to the magic of Blogger, you'll see new photos here on the blog every day.

Delaney

I took this one of the Laner awhile ago but never put it up:

Baxter's haircut

Baxter got groomed today. Doesn't he look handsome? With his ear hair shorter I think he looks puppyish again.The human boy got a haircut the other day, too, but I haven't taken a photo of him yet.

My tummy hurts

Look at this--I spent the evening in the ER and still managed to get my photo up this morning. I'm fine--I was diagnosed with a hemorrhagic ovarian cyst, and I'm feeling better now that I'm doped up on Vicodin. Note to self: really bad tummy aches are not just gas. :-D

Black-eyed Susans

Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday to my mother-in-law, Georgie! Here are some virtual flowers for you:

Might as well jump

Delaney triple jumping:

Yellow dragonfly

A barn in a meadow, two ways

Also from Gilsland Farm:

Purple wildflowers

Another wildflower shot from my trip to Gilsland Farm. They have paths wandering all through the fields.

Red berries

I'm all right

I went to Gilsland Farm http://www.maineaudubon.org/explore/centers/gilsland.shtml the other day and saw a bunch of woodchucks. And then the Caddyshack theme started running through my head.

Sunny flower

This flower reminds me of the suns I used to draw when I was little:

A cart with no horse to put before it

Dad's getting sprung from MMC today (Sunday). He'll be back in cell phone contact soon. :-)

A couple of cute pairs

A mother and daughter shot of Laurie and Eleanor:Perhaps a sibling shot? of a pair of hoots:

The view from R9

At least Dad has a good view while he's in the hospital. And he can watch Sea Dog games.

Another 4th of July shot

Another shot from our 4th of July BBQ. I'm posting ahead a day in case I'm at the hospital.

Toadstool

Update: Dad is having surgery to have a defibrillator placed on Thursday morning at 10 a.m. Thanks for the prayers!

Update on Dad

Hello from the hospital--Dad is doing okay. He had catheterization done today, but no new stents or balloons were placed. The congestive heart failure is still an issue and they are keeping him a few more days to get rid of the fluid. They have also recommended he have a defibrillator placed. I am spending another night here with Eleanor. They have canceled their flight home for Sunday and we will 'wait and see.'

4th of July weekend

Well, we had a very nice 4th of July before the real fireworks started. For those who don't know, we had Dad and Eleanor and Jim, Terry, and Joe up for a BBQ on the 4th, and Dad ended the night at Maine Med with another heart attack. Things are stable and look good now--he'll have his stress test Monday and we'll see if he needs to have anything done from there. We're hoping it was mild and he won't need any catheterization/stents/surgery, etc. Prayers and good thoughts appreciated!
Seems weird that I didn't miss posting a day at all this weekend--it's been kind of a blur. But I had 'pre-posted' a couple of days worth of photos before all this happened. Here's a photo of Joe enjoying the hot tub:

Peacock

Fireworks

My first fireworks photo:

Jess and Courtney

Love my nieces. Love them!! Have I mentioned how much I love these girls?

White peacock

How you doing?

Boats

Track meet

Summer track season has started. Here are a few from Delaney's first meet. She tried discus for the first time:
And the 1500 meter for the first time (she usually does shorter sprints):

We think she came in second in discus and know she came in second in the 1500 meter. Pretty good for a first-timer, eh?