Birthday Party

Nikki's birthday was a week ago Friday, they had a party at the cottage on Sunday. As you can see from the pictures, we had a good time.

Shark! Shark!!! Oops, sorry, I guess it is a whale.
Some of the boys up by the cottage.
Nikki and her cake, she doesn't look forty!

Wild Times

We encountered this hungry squirrel in Vermilion last weekend.
Here he is checking to make sure the peanut is good.
Profile for the camera.
After eating numerous peanuts and burying several, he needed a nap on the park bench. Lake Erie in the background.

Independence Day

Parade in Linwood Park in Vermilion, Ohio. This was also the 125th anniversary of Linwood Park.

Veterans of WWII were honored.
H kayaking on Lake Erie.
Terry helping H get the kayak in the water.

July 4th was lots of fun, we went to Vermilion to spend the weekend with Nikki and family. Saturday was cloudy, but the temps were comfortable. That evening we built a fire on the beach for s'mores, and watched the fireworks. There were fireworks going off over our heads. People at the far ends of the beach were doing them, as well as some people just a few hundred yards from us. These were really good fireworks, not just bottle rockets. Besides these , we could also see the firework displays at Cedar Point, Put-in-Bay, and Lorain. We watched for over an hour.
Sunday we woke up to beautiful sunshine and warm temps. Really nice weekend!

Killdeers

About a month ago, a Killdeer laid 4 eggs, 1 a day for 4 days, in the middle of our driveway. We put up a fence around it so no one would drive over it or scare them off. After 28 to 29 days, they finally hatched. All 4 hatched on Tuesday, they come out with feathers and can walk out of the nest when the feathers are dry. I worked Tuesday so was really fortunate the birds were still around when I got home. The picture above and below are of the mother or father, I can't tell which, doing the broken wing act to get my attention away from the nest.

This is the portrait of 4 baby Killdeer on the day they were hatched.

Interesting Anniversary!

We had an interesting 43rd wedding anniversary last week. We went to Vermilion to spend a few days at the Terry and Nikki's cottage on Lake Erie. I got sick on the 17th, stomach pain then vomiting. I finally had H take me to the ER, because the pain was almost intolerable. After 7 hours in the ER for X-rays, labs, CT, IVs, and an nasogastric tube, I was admitted to the hospital with a possible small bowel obstruction. Being on the receiving end of medical care rather than the providing end, gives me a whole new perspective. I am home now and feeling better, I do not want to go thru that again.

Next week I start work at Home Health again. I have been retired for 2 years, but decided to go back to work this summer, just for the summer. It will make for a busy summer, but one that will go fast, then back to Arizona for the winter.

Mom's Memorial

We had Mom's memorial service on June 6th, it was a beautiful day, with many friends and family. We will all miss Mom, but know that she was ready to go to heaven.

Little Red Foxes

H went for a walk toward the back of Mom's pasture, he saw a large hole, thinking it was a groundhog hole, but three red foxes came out and started playing in the field. He didn't have the camera with him, but he called me and with the binoculars I could see them very well. One got adventurous and walked over very near H. I wish I had pics.