Baby avocado tree

Well, here's the plant that grew from that avocado seed that I planted in my kitchen window.  It seems to be adjusting well to the great outdoors.
Too bad in the Fall I will have to transplant it and bring it back inside.  Hmmmm...must start thinking ahead about that.

Baby Laurie Got Married

Well, we can remember waiting for her to be born.  She was born to our next door neighbors and we anticipated her birth, as did her family and the rest of the neighborhood.
Since we had a Lori at our house, we dubbed her "Baby Laurie" so that we wouldn't confuse whom we were talking about (or to).
Yesterday we went to her wedding, which was held at the Bradley Estate in Canton, a rich older home set on miles of rolling hills and green land.  Beyond the fence there, we spied a couple of llamas roaming around, too.
Laurie was escorted down the aisle in the outdoor ceremony, by her father, who handed her and all of her lovliness over to her intended, Steven.
The ceremony was performed by an Assembly of God pastor and the wedding vows were meaningful and endearing.  Suddenly, she became Mrs. K.
She looked like a model in her beautiful gown and he looked very handsome.  A nice couple, indeed.
They had rented the Bradley Estate until 10 at night, with everyone enjoying the drinks and catered food, dancing and celebration.
We told Baby Laurie that we will continue to call her "Baby" until she has a baby of her own someday, then we will call her baby "Baby".

We'll just never get away from that name now.

Check out this great MSN Video: Leopard Attack

Check out this great MSN Video: Leopard Attack

PawSox game

We went to a PawSox game Sat. night at McCoy Stadium in Rhode Island.
This is where the farm team for the Boston Red Sox plays and they were playing a team called the Columbus Clippers from Ohio.
They took the time to honor our local soldiers by putting up their pictures and names on the big screen for all to see.

The PawSox had only 2 for a score by the eighth inning and the Clippers had 6; but all of a sudden the Pawsox caught up and passed them by one run.  It was a good game, even though we were baking in the afternoon setting sun!  Happily, we were only 4 rows from the field!

Last game of the season for Little League

Markie and Zach both got several base hits.  Their team really did well!
Great job, guys!

After the recital....

Our little dancer was a bathing beauty in her dance recital last night. 
A really cute part was when they sang along and cautioned everyone "Don't forget your sunscream".   Yes, that's how my granddaughter interpreted "sunscreen".  It was just too cute!
At right, she is pictured with Mom before entering the building and getting ready for the show.

Here she is after the performance, enjoying the accolades with her BFF.
 

 A dancer can get quite hungry and thirsty after a performance, so we drove to the McDonald's which was just a block away from the college where the recital was held.

OK...Here's the finished product!

We put the window boxes up under the bedroom windows the other day and today we bought some flowers from a country greenhouse not far from home.
I got out there, adding soil to the plastic liners inside the window boxes and tapping the plants out of their plastic pots when it began to rain.
Well, I couldn't let that deter me.
I got the planting done in the rain, then went in and got my camera.  I stepped outside to take a couple of pics even though it was really starting to come down.
It looks like the paint that we had mixed is a pretty good match for the shutters, so I'm happy about that.
My camera didn't do any worse for the raindrops and when I was satisfied with my arrangements, I poured some water on them to get them settled in.
Now I found out that I have to do some trimming of the bushes in front of the house, so that the flowers can be seen from the street.
That's for tomorrow.....as long as it's not still raining.