While in Maine

Fin...

swam


walked the cat


saw the sights


ate ice cream


played putt putt


worked on charming the grands




went to the horse races


made new friends


see-sawed


went for walks with Grandpa


journeyed to the far East


rang a lighthouse bell


danced with Mommy


danced with Grandpa


staged a lobster battle


wrote a story about giraffes


and then stayed in Maine. I miss my beautiful girl.


I go get her in nine days. But who's counting?

Life's a Beach

Today we met Aunt Kate and her grandchildren at the beach. Fin is in love with her grandson Q.

Q is not exactly feelin' it.


Bummer.


She clung to the back of his chair for awhile and finally asked him to go swimming with her.


He agreed.

Then got stung by a jellyfish.

Bummer.

So, she ate strawberries.


And she made beach soup.


Until the paparazzi and rain showers both became too annoying.


And now we're home.

Her 4th 4th

Today Fin celebrated her fourth Fourth of July. We went over to the beach to listen to some music and watch the fireworks. It was lovely. The weather had cooled and a breeze was blowing. It smelled like cigars and watermelon. People walked by dripping from a swim, or decked out in their to-be-seen dresses. The young men behind us were doing backflips and the old men beside us were grilling hotdogs. Can't beat a Fourth of July at the beach.









And then...




We returned home where ice cream pie waited for us, a belated birthday celebration for Emmy.



Great day.