wildfire smoke

It looks like some kind of vintage filter is on these photos, but no.

That's wildfire smoke out of Boundary Waters.

Love, Val
 

pictures from before

I've fallen way behind.

These are pics from a weekend Jay and Katie spent with us at the lake.

They brought the dogs, who loved it, and it was a laid back time.

We played board games, ones we've never played before and it was a blast.

Love you guys, Mom and Dad

 

last weekend in July

The smoke from the wildfires up north gave everything a golden hazy glow.

This handsome guy--always nice to spend a little time with him.

I took this pic as Alicia's brother was telling his kids they HAD TO GET OUT OF THE LAKE.  They kind of half ignored him, kids so happy to be there, and be in the water.  Kids never want to call it a day.

Saturday morning, hot and bright:

Gorgeous weekend, Love, Grandma
 

fourth of july weekend

It was almost dark when we got there Thursday night, but these kids did not care.

Let the party begin.

 Love, Grandma

weekend pictures

 

Love, Grandma

the weekend

Jay did yard clean up and I painted the trim.

John took us for supper at Tony's, and these displays in the dining room seem so bizarre, but others take it in stride, so it must just be me.

This swamp is waking up, getting noisy.

And it was warm enough to have lunch on the deck, and the night before we played cards, and she's quite good at it.

And that's that, and what a nice weekend it was.  Love, Val aka GRANDMA