Welcome home to our travelers!

 I usually finish off with our Fearsome Foursome Flyers, but they arrived home safely Friday night. Today I can welcome them home. They'd like to do laundry, but the stairs to their basement were being done on Saturday. Groceries are done, and they can sleep in their own beds. 

airplane wheels from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

They toured around Boston, after arriving from London, and Singapore before that. Quite the journey. You can get there from here, but it was epic. 

Boston Harbour

Things are growing nicely here, in the rain and sunshine. Except for the one hosta! I'm glad I kept my fence up... The one in front, outside the fence, was trimmed. The one inside – protected.

The first is out front, the second nipped hosta out back! Such is life, living in a wetland.

They didn't get my lilies! 

The roma tomatoes are doing well, but slowing down. 

The nights are getting cooler, and we are heading to the other end of summer. I have been behaving, and staying off my sore ankle. I did wander down to the trailcams Saturday. I wore my foot brace, shoes and socks. The only thing that hurts is going down a set of stairs. 

I'll leave you with a beautiful caterpillar.

caterpillar from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Gramma Camp – Week 32.5

We all slept in Friday morning. Finally, all were breakfasted in their own time, in their own way!

 I went out to inspect the garden. The yucca is in full bloom! 

The Asiatic lily has finally bloomed. The flag fence did its work. Why didn't I think of that before??!! 

Grampa and the girls went back to Stewart Park. Picnic Cafe is there by the stone bridge for a few weeks. They picked up chicken satay for three, and Isabelle chose the deconstructed sushi rolls and I found her some chopsticks. Sadly they didn't meet her pallet, so she and Grampa traded lunches. 

In reverse order of events, here they are at the park. Photos courtesy Josephine!

At the bridge, they spotted a rat snake. Jos, especially, likes snakes.

Grampa took the girls for the Hostage Exchange, while I began doing the sheets. Jos had stripped her bed, I stripped Isabelle's bed. I vacuumed upstairs, and did the downstairs on Saturday.  I cleaned under the dining room table, although it's nothing like when they were littles! 

Saturday I made new food for the hummingbirds, washed the kitchen table and place mats, did my laundry, and made Izzy's bed. Whew! I'm so glad to be healthy again. 

⛈July 🌩 A strange weather pattern. Normally, the clouds move in from the east.

 And, finally, our doe does another smelfie, and the fawn bounces around! new fawn