Summer winding down
Erica is picking blackberries in the backyard. They are delicious! I was afraid we would not have many as the bettles had eaten most of the leaves. I got a late start on getting rid of the bugs and couldn’t keep up through all the rain we had in July and August. But it looks like we will get a few quarts in the next week or so. In all likelihood they will be eaten raw or perhaps mixed into a batch of pancakes. Erica loves fresh fruit so much I doubt we will be able to freeze any for a future use. But that’s okay, I like them too!
July 16, 2008 - I spent the day at the Maine Highland Games at Thomas Point Beach in Brunswick, ME, helping out my friends presenting a timeline of soldiers of Scotland. I portrayed 7th Kings Own Scottish Borderers circa 1944.
Our very busy summer weekends are starting to slow down. Last week I spent a day out with the boys at the Maine Highland Games. This is the second year I turned out with Dave and Frank to help with the Soldiers of Scotland timeline. I had a nice time away from the family.
Deb and Erica were at the birthday party of Erica’s cousins. We all arrived home tired and worn out.
Erica and I have been fighting some sort of cold for weeks. Now we are really sick. Chest cough and sniffles. But we are suffering through.
Even sick we have not slowed down. We went to the Union Fair on Friday night and enjoyed some fair-food and rides. Neither Deb, nor Erica care much about the livestock. So I didn’t get much chance to walk around the barns.
We painted the house yesterday. Deb wanted something lighter than the slate gray it was. Now its a bit too electric blue for me. Turquoise is a good description maybe. Hopefully this morning we can start painting the trim and clean up the mess. Plus I need to mow the lawn.
The Windsor Fair starts today. I think we will head up one night this week.
We have a birthday party to attend next weekend. Then nothing planned until Fryeburg Fair the end of September.
