What I did this Summer….Sailing on Catnip

We don’t always get to spend as much time on our little sailboat as we would like but this year it got closer…
Catnip went in the water at the beginning of June…






Sometimes sailing involves picnicking…




Sometimes it is busy out on the water…..

Sometimes it is nice and quiet…

Sometimes we drop the kids off for a swim at the beach…
Sometimes we meet up with friends…


Sometimes we go out in the evening…

and stay for the sunset…

Sometimes I take photos of boats, birds, shoreline, buoys, lighthouses…


and if I get bored I can start taking photos of parts of the boat…




I hope we still have a few autumn sails to go.

What I Did This Summer…Summer Birthdays…

Oh summer! I do love it but I always feel as though I am rushing, rushing, rushing to squeeze everything in.  Looking back on this summer it seems that I have fit in quite a bit.
There were six  birthdays…
First came both Mr and Mrs R’ s 29th…and they gave us all a special surprise gift as well as their own party on a very hot and happy July day…




















Then came Ms O’s 34th birthday party on the beach…after supper at Champlins..



















A week later is her husband Mr H’s birthday….We  celebrated at Senor Flaco’s followed by a walk in the park…















We returned from our Maine vacation just in time to get ready for both of my grandchildren’s birthdays…Mr J turned six years old…


and one day later Miss E  turned four years old…


Sprinkled in with these family birthdays were birthdays of friends and cousins…and I honored my sister’s Fourth of July birthday with a glass of wine at her bench.