Saturday

The mechanic and I visited the twin to check out his deck addition.

 ...the mechanic approves of his twin's good construction.

I took the opportunity to take pictures of his lake front...it was overcast, hot and muggy.

The lotus have begun their decay.

TGIF

Dinner...Salad...lettuce, orange tomatoes, figs, green onions and avocado...

 You can buy hay at Wards supermarket!

 ...also I saw planters made out of large logs....maybe the twin can make me one.

And these sweet cow pictures from Chris...glad we didn't have steak tonight.

Kindergarten

Big Day!  The sign says it all!

Saturday

My morning view...

Dried orchid blooms

Cleaning a new kitchen sure beats cleaning an old kitchen!

Ice coffee break...

Afternoon...another white heron...

 The amaryllis bulbs are popping up everywhere...even in the compost pile.

 I love Spanish moss.

The last of the mechanic's tomatoes are on the right...store bought on the left.

 Dinner...

Pepper steak over yellow rice, tomatoes in mayo and asparagus.

Seeing the puppy picture yesterday made me reminisce about all the dogs the mechanic and I have owned over the years.  There was Lex (Irish setter) Dusty, Humphrey and Lena (all Cocker Spaniels) and Hunter, Spike and Scout (Beagles).  We are without pets until we retire and then we will consider a little lap dog.

I found these dog toys during the remodel. Scout's favorite toys.

Figs...one of my favorite fruits...my mother also loves them...not sure about my daughter...or mygranddaughter!

Dinner...

Flounder, string beans, red and green bell peppers, onions and mushrooms over couscous....and a side of sauerkraut.

Puppies

What is cuter than puppies...well maybe kittens.  My young friend has been helping out at an animal shelter.  She is fostering these five...two week old puppies.  They are available if anyone is interested.

Sunday

It turns out that our sister-in-law works for food just like the twin...to thank her for designing FAR's new website we invited her and the non twin brother over for dinner.

The mechanic wanted to try something new on his grill...so we put a 14lb turkey in 2 cups bourbon and 4 cups apple cider and covered with water overnight.

 We made a herb butter rub... Fresh herbs...

...and I had to grind Fennel and Coriander seeds in my old spice grinder that my mother bought me on one of her visits to France.

...and grilled for 3 and a half hours.

We had such a good time...someone forgot to take pictures!  Proof of the good time is shown in the aftermath...when I remember my camera...everyone was gone.

My Sunday walk around...

The end of a perfect weekend...watching a TED talk and knitting in front of my new windows.