I realize I’ve already appreciated this, but I really appreciate again how amazing it smells up here. The air and trees and plants all mix and mingle and create the single best smell there is. ❤
Another lovely walk with my dad. 🙂
Daytime puzzling with Heidi, Debb, and my mom (with musical help from Ivan) – no flashlights needed!
The arrival of Alison and Katie. Yay! It is so much fun to have them up here. Alison thinks the cabins are “cute” — which I think is cute. 😀
Perfect sunny, warm-but-not-hot day with blue skies and a gorgeous lake.
Someone’s diligent sand-castling.
Wonderful little canoe trip with my dad down to the creek including a visit from a loon, who floated along beside us (well 10 feet away, but much closer than usual) for a minute. ❤
Silly late night puzzle completion (using our flashlights on our phones) with my mom and Debb. It was well past bed time, but we did it!
Misty morning with frogs and woodpeckers.
Cool and comfy temperatures.
Fun and games.
The smell of a campfire. Mmmm.
Oohhhh the smell of the north woods. There is nothing better, imho.
Watching the last of the fireworks from across the lake. Oh, and my really super-good amazing photos. 😉
Waking up to the sound of loons. Yes. 🙂
Nice talk with Rob this morning. It is so fun to catch up with excellent people.
The sound of the wind in the trees, open windows and bird songs all day, bare feet, good, deep breaths.
What? Another beautiful day with sunny skies and perfect temperatures? Mmhmm. Yes. Just the thing for a nice walk to the coffee shop with Katie! Oh, and pretty flowers along the way, that’s a bonus. 🙂
Weirdo Toby, putting himself in some kind of kitty time out between the shower curtains. Hahahaha!
A day with so many hours there was plenty of time for everything: work, socializing, household tasks (and miraculously smooth and fast errands – three stops and back home in under and hour!!) Awesome!
Okay, so there’s gorgeous weather….and then there’s Bwahahahahaha-I-LOVE-it gorgeous weather. That’s what we’ve been getting lately and it is absolutely the best! 🙂
Black raspberries from the backyard…a little early this year, and so delicious.
Summer eating, oh my heavens — cantaloupe, asparagus, and berries, oh my!
Last month’s purply spreadsheet (though now that I think about it, I should have done Pride rainbow colors!) 🙂 I think greens for July. Oh, how I love to invent fun for myself!
Fabulous lunch/meeting with Melinda today. What good plans we are planning!
Miraculously completing both my newsletter (and associated new web pages) AND all my invoices while it is still technically July 1. Now I’ll just need to sleep for 12 hours… 😉
My “fidget ring” that Kari gave me years ago. I like that it fits on both thumbs and middle fingers – so many options for moving it from hand to hand. It has helped me sit through lots of meetings and other sit-still events! 😉
Perfect timing that meant the dog did NOT run all the way out into the street and in front of my car and the car behind me was far enough back that it did NOT hit me. How nice to just continue driving around the lake with nothing to report!
Guess what?! More beautiful weather. What a wonderful summer we are having! 😀
Short, but sweet walk with Katie….ahahaha – the other short, but sweet girl in my house. 😛
Nice evening out with the musical improv group, comparing notes on musical improv we saw at TCIF and just socializing for a change.
Sitting by the open window, finishing up some work and looking out at the big, beautiful moon.
A nice trip to the bank this morning — I love the people who work there. We always ask about each other’s lives and tell each other such funny stories. Makes for such a pleasant errand!
Funny weather today — rain and thunder in fits and starts. I love how changeable it is some days.
All the wisdom and encouraging words I’ve gotten from my dear friends over the years … and how they come floating into my head in times of stress, helping to keep a little sense of balance, comfort, okayness.
My kids. They are such interesting, insightful, funny, caring house mates. 😉
Nice chat with my brother Jeff this morning, catching up on the family and the house sale. I’m so excited for them to move back to Minnesota!!
More gorgeous weather. Beautiful day for Pride! 
Mckenzie’s and my funny “hey it’s about to rain, let’s get a bunch of weeds pulled and the lawn mowed really quick before the storm” adventure (which resulted in both of us becoming rain soaked, but also resulted in a MUCH nicer looking yard!)
Hilarious and enlightening chat with David in the afternoon.
Another great push on our house de-cluttering project, with 4 bags of stuff going to various family members and 4 bags of stuff going to Value Village. Progress!
Hanging out with the kids and being silly after our productive day. What a great end to the weekend!
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