Independence Day

First year in recent memory that it has rained on July 4th. Went to the movies to see The Shallows. Since we grew up in the era of Jaws and The Deep-The Shallows did not disappoint.

Came home and grilled out between raindrops with my brother and our neighbor Judy. Great day overall. Happy Independence Day!

Nolan and Lacy

Just being cute...as usual...

National Sunglasses Day

Celebrating!!

Happy Father's Day

Drove to Dayton and visited with my dad in the morning and then Elisha and Brooks came over in the afternoon. Andrew talked to his dad on the phone. A good day!

Fridays Off

Yay I have Friday's off during the summer.  Spend the morning at Darby walking the trail and looking at the work Andrew has been doing over the past couple years in the park.  Prairie flowers were starting to bloom and it was a nice morning.

Surf's Up

Read a book about a guy who taught his dog to surf.  Thought I would work on it with these two for Michigan this summer.  A Whammo boogie board is just the right size. They loved it. Just want to get them to where they will stand on it in the water and let me pull them around.

Nolan the Pooh

Just a few cute pictures of my handsome boy over the past couple weeks.  He's a love!

Trying out our new chair cushion

Nolan with his friend.

Polite boy waits to have his popcorn until we say ok

Playing with his buddy Sport who lives down the street

Curling up on a chilly morning.

Nolan says I am pooped.

I lost my glasses in the yard for a few days and one evening Nolan brought them to me.

Good Boy Nolan!

Nolan met a toad in our yard.

Otterbein Homecoming

I spent the Homecoming day as usual covering parade photography for the university and a couple other events; but I did manage to have quite a bit of fun in the process. Our department held a 40th Anniversary Reunion as our building was built in 1974. This was the best Homecoming ever!

 Pre-Parade, our department

Nolan in the parade with my friend Sherry

Nolan had a super bad day (not) with the Otterbein cheerleaders.

Andrew and I managed to have a photo taken together.

It was a full house for the reunion

Spirit Wear

I made three dozen doggie scarfs in assorted sizes for our alumni dogs to wear at Homecoming.  Nolan was my model. Here he is all ready and showing his spirit.

Drummond Island 2014

Last year I wrote about my long lost friend that I reconnected with via Facebook.  We met in Michigan when our families were on vacation at the same resort in 1981. We've lived within 8 miles of each other for the past 32 years.  You can read the story here. For the past year we have all spent time together, mostly going out to dinner and found that we have a lot of the same outdoor interests.

This summer Andrew and I and my long lost friend Tracy and his wife Robin all went on vacation together back to the place where he and I met all those years ago. We had an amazing week of fishing, and sightseeing and just relaxing.  I felt like I was in a time warp.  We all agreed that we couldn't have been more compatible ...and we've already booked our cabins for next year.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.  Anais Nin

Independence Day

Perfect weather, family & friends and a fun parade in Uptown...The boys gave Nolan a run for the money. LOL He was a pooped pup. Fireworks did not bother him at all. Great day!