Here is the first batch of photos from our trip to Lost Lake. It was absolutely perfect! The weather was gorgeous, our cabin was cozy, the water was frigid (but we went in anyway) and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

We grew some giant garlic this year. It's kinda hard to tell from the photos, but it's really big!

Now we have more empty space in the garden . . . to plant something else!

Here are a few photos of our berry picking expedition -- the stained hands and face an the harvest. Also, I stuck in a photo of Rick shucking fava beans. He looks happy.

These are for you dad. These are the nasturtiums and lillies that we planted when you were out here! They are beautiful now and the nasturtiums are climbing up into the lilac.

More beach photos. We really had one of the best times ever!

We went to the beach for a night this week. It was windy and cool, so we built a 'shelter'. It was awesome!

CORN IS KNEE HIGH ON THE 4TH OF JULY!!

This garden photo is of potatoes in the front, then garlic and fava beans and peas on the trellis. The landscape photo just shows off my beautiful mulching. The last one I had to share because it clearly shows I'm a New Englander -- It's of my little stone wall I built to keep the mulch from falling down on to the concrete. : )

Here are a few photos of our first real summer outing! We went to "Hagg Lake" and had a real nice time. It's definitely on the list for when you all come out to visit! : )

Here are a couple (kinda poor) photos of Josephine's rock concert last night. There is one with her bassist Peyton and one with her talking to her drummer Samantha before going on stage. There were about 100 people there and they did a great job. I will post the lyrics to the song she wrote at some point soon too.

I haven't posted any pics in months and specifically none of dad's visit. We didn't actually take many pics while he was here, but there are just a couple that are really nice.

These first few are of Dan's visit -- a card game and a pic from our walk through the fields.

Here are just a couple pictures of a cooking project we did yesterday. Josephine was inspired by the show "Chopped". We started out by choosing four random items for each other to include in a brunch meal. So, she chose for me . . . garlic, a can of lima beans, tapioca pearls and fresh cranberries. I know! Crazy! So, I chose for her . . . . corn tortilla chips, an egg, a potato and lime juice. You're not going to believe it -- but we made a great meal!! She made a sweet lime quickbread -- by adding sugar, flour, baking soda and salt to her lime juice and baking it -- think key lime pie in bread form! It was great! She also made omelet dish with mushrooms, broken up tortilla chips and egg and then sliced her potato to make french fries. It was all SO good.

I mixed up my can of lima beans with some of my garlic, some grated carrot, an egg, flour and salt and fried up some "fritters". I then mixed my cranberries with sugar and water to make cranberry sauce and thickened it with the tapioca pearls. Also, quite good!

Well, it was really fun and we're going to do it again. We'll post future pictures . . .

A few funny pics. I think it was a chocolate santa that she devoured.

Josephine got a new haircut this weekend. She loves it!

Here are a few pics of J out shooting in the backyard. She looks pretty serious huh? She has great aim! That box with the target drawn on it didn't have a chance!