call this the "Before" picture - Joe is in the process of painting his house now...

Jullie, Paul, Tim

butterfly leaf

Paul & Deb near marina at south end of Keuka:




saw something new this outing: American coot bird (looks like a small black duck with a white beak)

more pretty birds...

West River, Canandaigua Lake





Julie

it's hot indoors

this photo was an accident (and it shows how messy our house is!) - but I like it because bananas appear in the upper corner:

Cookie keeping cool by laying on the narrow arm-rest:

me standing in our guest room - this isn't usually Kim's fashion diary, but I liked my outfit today and wanted to record it :)
(I don't usually stand pigeon-toed either - it's not easy taking a picture of yourself!)

the best part is my necklace, which our friend Tom made for me a few years ago - featuring a miniature CoCo Joe fertility goddess tiki! (on the bottom it reads "Made with Lava / CoCo Joe Hawaii")

this little painting by my grandmother was in my bedroom all through childhood, so I became well familiar with what a Scarlet Tanager looked like - but only saw one in real life for the first time last week! (this painting hangs in the guest room now, which has a bird theme)

meanwhile, back outdoors the alium have new friends: hosta bells

As I was saying,
fuchsia makes me happy...
:)

what an interesting basket:

scans from this beautiful old catalog that belonged to my Grandma Torpey -
I can imagine her enjoying tracing the curves on the "C" with a pencil:

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

~Howard Thurman

sunset paddle on West River

(south end of Canandaigua Lake)



Okay, so you get the point, right?
Seeing the world from a kayak is pretty darn awesome.

earlier that evening: ducklings getting bigger...





(near Woodville boat launch on Canandaigua Lake)

hot summer mornings

oops.