Summers End

The long hot summer. That is what we have bequeathed this past June through August. It has been so hot that I even have to leave a fan on during the day while I am at work. As you can see from the picture Bullvye has taken his place in front of the fan and you can find him there most days. I certainly have one smart puppy!
One fun thing I did this summer was see my 3 favorite bands. I started with Pearl Jam in May, then Tom Petty in July and ended with Creed this past month. And to make it more fun, each time I went I went with a different group of friends so it made all 3 shows a different experience.
The kids are now back in school and it seems like summer is coming to a close. We are heading to St. Louis for the Labor Day weekend to watch baseball at Busch. Then the following weekend brings quilt camp. I have no idea what I will work on. Possibly all the birthday blocks I need to catch up on. Maybe camp will give me the boost I need to get quilting again!

“One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.” – Sidney Howard

Scary Stuff

 

Facebook can be a good thing, then; sometimes it can not be so good. I love keeping in touch with my son who lives out west via Facebook. He posts pictures of all his adventures, we can chat and message each other and that saves our cell phone minutes. But I hate days that I tune in to see what he is up to next and I see this picture of him jumping from the top of a tree that is growing out of a cliff into a river that from the picture it looks fairly shallow. The picture posted before this one has him up at the top of the tree just hanging out. He is my adventurer and I am sure he was loving every minute of this jump, his message back to my urgent message telling him to stop this stuff was that he does it all the time. No big deal, relax mom. Sometimes we just have to let them live there lives as they want, even though it is tough to do.
“Some family trees bear an enormous crop of nuts.” - Anonymous