A Perfect Weekend...

In case you're wondering how I spent the weekend, let's start with my straw hat and no camera. (I can't believe I forgot to take my camera!)

Handsome and I met friends in Venice where we boarded their new boat. We enjoyed hors' d oeuvres and beautiful weather as we made our way to a great restaurant on Sarasota Bay called Marina Jack's. I brought along my straw hat to provide a little protection from the sun, of course. But I actually held it in my hands - to keep it from blowing away - more than I wore it!
After a light meal, we got back on the boat and returned to Venice. I couldn't have imagined a nicer day for the four of us. We left home at 3 pm and drove back in our driveway at 8 pm. It was perfect.
We really enjoyed boat and house watching as we motored north and back (some of the houses would have taken your breath away), but the nicest thing was catching up with our friends as the water sparkled and the breeze blew.

I promise to take my camera next time so you can join us on the nautical "Parade of Boats and Homes"!
I didn't do any sewing, stitching or otherwise playing in the studio, but I'll tell you tomorrow about my little patio (called a "lanai", in Florida) project.

I'll be singing in our last Soundsations performance of this season today, and then more rehearsals as we prepare for our last Chorale concert of the season on Saturday. It's going to be another busy week, but you know I'll find time to sneak into the studio, and then share it all with you. Busy hands are happy hands!

Did you have a good weekend? I read that there was some bad weather in the midwest. I hope you didn't get any of that! What do you have planned for this week? I'd love to know.

Green Lake, Wisconsin...

The year was 1981. This is a photograph of our boys and our two nephews. The four of them were happy to pose for Handsome's camera on our boat. It was a wonderful summer vacation spent together at the family cottage on Green Lake in Wisconsin. Their eyes still sparkle when they remember summers spent at their Grandma Ev and Grandpa Gurn's home on the lake.

Our nephews and their wives and kids now live on the East coast (New Jersey), while our boys still live in Wisconsin with their families.

This week, our elder nephew and his wife (along with their two daughters) have traveled to Wisconsin to share a week at a rental on Green Lake with our two sons, their wives and their children.

Unfortunately, months of planning couldn't find a free week that younger nephew and his wife (and two sons) could join the group. The original plan was to recreate this photo with all the boys - twenty eight years older. Our younger son is the owner of our boat now, so even though the mahogany is in storage, had our nephew been there, they would have been able to closely recreate the image. It would have been fun.

Instead, they are going to pose our grandson, surrounded by little girls, minus two cousins. It's the best they can do this time, but the dream to recapture that image with the original Fab Four will go on until it's accomplished. Perhaps next year.

We can't wait to hear their new stories of days and nights spent on Green Lake. Grandma Ev and Grandpa Gurn are, sadly, long gone, but they would love to know that the memories they helped create for our kids are coming to life again this week.