Camp Sonnystone 2017
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Pre-Camp
Sorry for the absence…I know you’ve been waiting with bated breath…
As we prepared for the arrival of 3/4 of the Jose’ fam, we stayed busy working in the Garden , and doing the Gettin’ Ready Rag…
Emma, Eliza, and Eric arrived Wednesday evening and we are having a swinging time…
photo by Emma
photo by Emma
photo by Emma
Eric is leaving this morning, and Camp Officially starts on Monday. The New York Girls will be here a couple of weeks, then their mom will pick them up and stay a couple of days.
I’ll be sharing the fun!
Peace
4 days in Manhattan…
The Kindergarten Graduation
5 years ago Emma graduated Kindergarten…Same hat. At least my head hasn’t grown…
PawPaw, JoJo, Eliza 2017
PawPaw, JoJo, Emma 2012
Party at American Girl
Swinging in Central Park
Roaming the Met
The Bear follow us
Eek!
Sadly, I did not take any photos of the Ceili, only videos, and I would Love to share them with you. Alas, wordpress is not being co-operative. If I figure out how to upload them, I will post them. All of the dancers were wonderful, especially Emma and Eliza. So much excitement! Word to my daughter, send me some pictures!
We’re back at Sonnystone, catching up with the garden and putting up the pool. The New York Family is scheduling a July visit—hey, that’s just a couple of weeks! Plans for Camp Sonnystone are underway. Being with each family is wonderful, but getting All of Us Together is Superlative..! See you soon!
Peace
Adventures with with O & S ….
We went to the zoo to celebrate Olivia’s first day of summer vacation…
O is more excited than she looks
Olivia 9, Samantha 2
Afterward, we came back to Sonnystone and played…It’s nice to have PawPaw around to play clue and help with fairy wings…
Samantha spent a while working on her flying…
Missing the essential Pixie Dust, she didn’t quite lift off, but she persisted…I like that in a person…
Peace
Another Week-end Wrapped Up
We arrived back at Sonnystone early afternoon Thursday. You can read about our trip at My Travel Blog. Wink had traveled very well, (even alerting us to bear outside the camper one night!) but was glad to get back to his old box, as were we.
Saturday was Olivia’s Dance Recital (as well as the Preakness, which did not turn out well, but I don’t wanna talk about it). She has really improved and this year was her best. In fact, the whole (half) of the recital that I watched was better than the last few. It’s tough to get dancing pictures from the cheap seats without blur, but here’s my best of her best…
Olivia is in the middle
Olivia is in the middle
Olivia, second from left
Olivia, back left
Olivia, back left
Olivia, middle row left
Didn’t I warn you about what happens when we go off-grid? While we were in the Smokies, the news cycle was Spinning, and when I came out of the no-news-zone it took several hours of reading to catch up with the chaos. I’m glad I missed it in real time. Reading it all summed up was anxiety-producing enough… Of course, those of you who watch faux news 24/7 don’t have any idea what I’m talking about…
Busy week ahead. The garden is growing strong. Check out the photos at My Garden Blog. Until we meet again…
Peace
A last hurrah to Christmas 2016
Our plans to drive to NYC on Christmas Day were unavoidably changed, but that’s okay. We’re free, now, to come and go as we please. Here at Sonnystone, we’re still walking around going, wow you really don’t have to go to work, as we do the same old things we’d always do…put away the decorations, bring in the firewood (though it’s been unseasonably warm), and eat up the leftovers.
The Leftovers are from our Christmas Eve get-together with the Jrs. Olivia and Samantha spent the night with us on the 23rd, and we met up with their parents for breakfast the next morning at IHOP. (good enough, but I wish Eville had more diners) Returning to the Acres, we quickly got down to serious christmas business:
Opening presents…
Playing with new toys…
Not just New toys, but old games, too…
New toys are great, but Samantha currently loves the harmonica the best. Since she figured out how to make music with it a couple of months ago, she comes in pointing and asking for it every visit. She insists that I play one with her, and we’re quite a duo, but with or without me, she doesn’t let go of her blues harp.
We’ve got it all put away now and we’re busy working on the laundry room remodel…wait, did I say We? I’m still putting everything back where it was (where was it?) before the holidaze, planning some trips, and vowing to not make any resolutions this year…like I never do.
Perfect Weather for Camping
We went up to Harmonie State Park last Friday, staying until Monday. The last time we were up there was our first outing with the Trailer back in April. We were so excited to take to the road that we didn’t care that the weather was awful—high winds, rain, cold. It was a pretty dull affair by most standards, but we tried the heater, the microwave, and the toilet, figured storage options, and started planning our Trips. With four more trips under our belt, we felt like Seasoned Trippers as we set up camp. This is a park that we are verrry familiar with. We have camped there at least once a year since we bought our first camper back in 1989. After we sold the Old Viking, we would tent-camp with the van and it became our go-to spot to celebrate our wedding anniversary. We were up there just last year with the pop-up (and Olivia) and that’s where we decided to go whole whog and buy a travel trailer.
The weather (as you can see) was perfect. Saturday morning we got up and went for a hike, starting with flannel shirts, but soon dropping off to tee shirts. I didn’t take my camera, but we did have binoculars to spot birds. Sunset found us on the banks of the Wabash River.
Olivia marched in the Fall Festival Parade with her dance school, so the Jrs. were busy on Saturday. They came up for lunch on Sunday, and to play…
Michael, Jessica, and Samantha went on home after some hot dogs for supper (yes, I said supper) and left Olivia with us. We rode bicycles and roasted some more dogs. She always takes the bedroom, so she settled down early with her tablets and a movie.
On our last trip, the stormy weather had precluded any TV or cellphone reception (there is no internet connection there), so I had Thought that I would be getting off the grid, taking a nice break from Anxiety-producing News. Alas! We usually had 2 bars on the cell, and the TV reception was perfect for our local network outlets… We kept the TV off, though, so I didn’t realize there was a shit-storm the size of Matthew roaring through until Saturday afternoon, when I got sucked back into the “what the hell” that is our current political clime. I did my best to keep my eyes and mind averted, but by Sunday night there I was in my comfy chair, clutching the remote and watching the debate. Damn. I guess there’s no place to hide…
But I’ll keep trying.
The next morning, we tore down camp and went for a quick around-the-pond hike as we left…
Peace, dear Readers.
