Just some pictures from our day. Again, we saw the usual group of me, Chappy, Mom, Dad, and my sister’s family with the added bonus of my Aunt, my cousin Dianne, and my other cousin’s daughters who have been visiting NJ.

I particularly like the picture of Elizabeth sitting on a chair INSIDE Chappy’s crate. And the one of Chappy blowing a big, drool bubble. Chappy made quite an impression, especially on 9-year old Elizabeth, who is a little ball of energy. So much so that, when she climbed into Chappy’s crate and zipped it closed, her sisters, aunt, and grandmother all encouraged her to stay in there so they could have some peace and quiet (grin). The older two girls are twins who’ll be 14 in October, and are both very nice, very polite, very well-spoken young ladies.

We had a great day. We even went down to the stream at the back of the property–something I haven’t done since around the time my sister moved in 18 and a half years ago. I’d forgotten how lovely it was back there. My cousin–who got lost on her way up to my sister’s–followed us back to Route 80 on the way home. Mom even took a picture of them from the back window, which I thought was pretty funny.

As usual, Chappy is just exhausted, but very, very happy. He saw his whole family, met new people who are actually relatives, too, and generally had a great day. Which means, of course, that I did, too.

I also took about 200 pictures, many of which were around Patty’s yard, and I think I’ll pull out over the next few Fridays for Eye Candy.

Knitting for the day? I got almost two inches done on my sock this afternoon, but otherwise, nothing. I haven’t touched my spinning wheel in a few days, either. I’m not sure what I’m going to do about that stole–that bizarre construction for the 3-strand garter rows just seems too fiddly and just too much work–especially since there’s no way I can get the ends of that slippery silk completely woven in … I’m not sure where that’s going to go, but my brain is mulling it over, so, we’ll see!

Now, I’m a little tired, too … but I’m sitting here, watching the end of the women’s marathon on the Olympics and thinking, “How can I complain about being tired?” I can’t imagine running for two and a half hours, much less running that FAR in two and a half hours! Sheesh. You know, this is the bad side of watching the Olympics–they’re inspiring and amazing and just wonderful, and yet they make me feel like a lazy slob.

Okay, maybe I’ll do some spinning while I watch … that’s something, right?

Go Michael Phelps!

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