Dryin' Out

 Check out the pond.  Should not be there tomorrow.

 After chores I had a very busy morning.  Picked a ton of flowers from our gardens

 to take over to our friend Louise.

 Also grabbed a mango smoothie for her at Wegmans .

 Took a few shots at the Welcome Center on my way over to Sally's.

 Lots of activity today.

 Frequently long distance bikers camp out on the grounds.

After checking out Pam's new apartment house, we went over to Java for lunch.

Yep, I had a Greek Panini and forgot to get out my camera.

 When we finished, there were even more boats coming in to port.

 Planned on going over to mow the lawn at Apple Creek Farm,  but when it started to pour, decided to go back to the farm.  Half an hour later the sun came out and I mowed our lawn.

At 5:30 I had a surprise visit from Theresa G., her daughter and nieces.  She and our oldest daughter have been good friends since High School and has been visiting family and friends in the area. 

 Pretty sweet that she took the time to stop in.

 Jen, Finn and Coop got back home from Las Vegas at 2am.  She was pretty tired this morning and had to go to work... Gary spent the day with the boys.  When he got home we had leftover lasagna that I had put in the freezer.  So handy.

 Actually found some strawberries and wild blackberries today.  Thought they were all gone.

 Gary had a meeting and I went out to do chores.

Ladies in waiting.

 By 8pm the water was just about gone.  It did not take as long as I thought it would.

 Pretty chilly this evening, but beautiful.

 The clematis blossoms are kicking in again.

 And the sunflowers have been around for a long time.

 Queen Ann's Lace is everywhere.  I have to remember to show you a project we are going to do in class with pressed flowers.

Time for a nap or bed or something.

Night all.

Summer In The City

A beautiful morning.  We are still full of water...did not go down at all.  That's what happens when you have 3+ inches in a short period of time.

 I'll bet Miss Piggy is the one who knocked down this board trying to get apples.

Giving me that innocent look.

 And here, for your viewing pleasure, is a horse ball.

 When I got back to the house, caught Seymour catching a snooze on the back porch.  Still a little cool...don't think it hit 70 today and that is fine with me.

 More veggies...peppers, cucumbers and zukes.

 Class at 10:30...all are doing well.

 Seeing that I love my new pasta gizmo, had Karen stop on her way home from work and made her a bowl full to take home for dinner.  Actually, next week I plan to take it out to the studio and do this for all my students.  What an outlet!!!!

 Can't resist taking pictures of the flowers...our gardens are loaded.

 In fact, it's like a jungle out there and Gary had to start cleaning out this afternoon.  Those weeds are loving all the water.

 Remember my celery experiment?  Well it looks pretty successful to me.  It's grown a foot (ha ha! not as in feet).

 Karen offered to do evening chores and we drove into Rochester for an anniversary dinner.

 The city is looking great!

 Gary made reservations at Rocco.  We know the chef/owner and brought him some garlic.

 Love everything about this place...even the way they present the silverware and napkin.

 We started off splitting an appetizer (burrata e mellanzane arrosta)

 and a salad (insalata italiano rocco), which could have been my whole meal.

 I ordered costola di maiale e mozzarella fritte

and Gary had grilled chicken, mushrooms and polenta with red pepper ketchup served on a bed of greens (can't remember the Italian for this one) .  He also had to help me out with the pork chop and still could have had dessert (but we did not).  Said it was the best meal he has ever had in a restaurant.

Mark knows what he is doing and has a thriving business.  Even added a patio out back.  In August he will feature a week of garlic specials and plans to come out to our farm to get some of Gary's harvest.  I would give this place 5 stars!

We left the city by 8 o'clock...ready for a nap.

Night all.