Sunday, July 1, 2012

Rest of June 2012

 June is a great time of year.  The start of the month is not too hot yet, and the plants are taking off.  Here Avril helps me hand water the berm area, while McKel points something out.
 Nothing like watering with the grand-daughters.  This shot shows the tranquility of a lovely June morning.
We held a Father's Day cook-out at Adrian's house.  Here are some of us getting things ready.  Grandma Joyce joined the rest of my family.
 Adrian recently got a new grill and was anxious to use it for this cook-out.  We had "carne asada" and grilled chicken drumsticks, along with other yummy items.
 Alicia and her girls. 
 The hosts -- Adrian, Arleen, and Brittney.
Gayle, Grandma Joyce, and I.
 It was mild weather and we ate under the carport at Adrian's mobile home in Logan.
 And here's a June dusk shot of the berm.  The deer usually have left most of our plants alone, but this year at least one of them has developed a taste for some of our hostas and ground cover.
 Our back hillside has filled in and is a peaceful setting.
 A photo of another part of the back.
 And here's looking back (to the east) at some of our pines.
 Our New England salt box home in Logan, UT.  Which segues into the fact that I went on business trips to King of Prussia, PA, Cambridge, MA, and Raleigh, NC this month.  So I'm glad to be home, enjoying the serenity here.
 A week ago Alicia rode in another 100 miler, this time at the request of the hospital.  It was a fundraiser for multiple sclerosis.  She finished at the Fair Grounds in Logan, at a very hot time of day.  Here are Gayle and the little ones awaiting the cyclist.
 Someone had a health related problem, although it looked like a worker at the fair grounds and not one of the riders.  McKel was so cute in her red outfit.
 Alicia after riding 100 miles!
 All the girls.
 The team that rode for the Cache Valley Hospital.
My next travel will likely be to Brazil, so we took some shots I could choose from to convert into a 2 x 2 photo for the visa application.  This was one.

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