a smorgasbord of summer scenes,
with bookends of shutter-painting!
day trip to Pilot Mountain,
with tour of tornado damage near the highway up
& a rainy outdoor concert by Mipso on the way home...
not Mipso...
Mike & I went to a Shovels & Rope concert in June!
& always with the backyard wildlife & flowers
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| baby bunny with snails on its face after a dewy morning's forage |
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| my purple cone flowers |
Joseph volunteering at the Reconsidered Goods booth
at the Greensboro Summer Solstice festival
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| wee bit of Father's Day fun :) |
i scheduled my parents to come stay with the 'boys'
while Mike & I escaped for a weekend....
then realized the 'boys' are almost 17 & 20.
but they all had a fun time hanging out at the house
while the old parents frolicked at Stone Mountain.
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| the scenic fish pool at the High Meadows Inn |
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| when in small backroad places, visit graveyards. here's a Harris millwheel for a gravestone. |
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| view of a pew |
we hiked a new-to-us trail,
the Widow's Creek Trail
it is part of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail,
and we were quickly left in the dust
of a pack of trail runners
who were kind enough to show us
where the mud was thick.
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| Widow's Creek Falls...see the howling face? I do. |
first time in the mountains (in a long time)
when rhododendrons are in bloom!
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| pink poof vine |
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| railroad bridge in Elkin |
we took advantage of a long weekend
to travel up to see Mike's family.
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| the boys helped Granddaddy oil his windmill. |
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| frisbee football with cousin Rebecca |
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| my mother-in-law, enjoying being outside as she recovers from hip replacement surgery |
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| Ultimate Frisbee with the crew |
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| Mike with his mom & sister |
cleaning up the shutters...almost done!
it's back to heat & humidity, so i'll return to indoor projects!
& try not to think how quickly my kiddos
will be departing for school.
Samuel returns to NCSU on August 1st,
& Joseph moves in at NCSSM on August 12th!
what???
