Summer

Tim often gets out his guitar & ukelele for Finn to enjoy.  The ukelele looks just about the right size for her!  I'm so glad that Tim has the musical background to bring this gift to our girl.  One of her favorite things to do is see the street performers.  We have a great lineup of talent every Thursday evening & Finn is interested in every kind of music.  Tim & I have seen more than one tantrum over not being able to stay and hear this musician or that.

                                            A hug on Father's day

We took Grandma & Grandpa Hartsaw to the beach to watch a sunset.  Here is Daddy & Finn making their miniature woodhendge.  Then Finn & Grandpa go for a walk to find treasures.

Michigan can be very very hot in the summer & also a bit chilly at times.  Can you guess what the weather was like on the lake this evening?

The week before the heatwave, Michigan was swept with some severe thunderstorms.  Our town was hit pretty hard.  Our house and yard was undamaged, including the baby cherry trees we just planted.  But so many old trees around town were ripped up and uprooted, it looked like Paul Bunyan had a tantrum.  The picture above was on the college campus.  Below are some from around town.  It was hard to see trees that had been around well over 100 years be obliterated in only moments.

I thought this fungus was really interesting.  There were some on a downed tree in the park, and others spilled across the lawn.

Our oldest and most beautiful graveyard also suffered.  Look at the carpet of sod.  Those roots stood at least 15 feet high!

Did I mention before that Finn loves statues?  This installation actually has speakers hidden in the bushes that project classical music.  It's one of Finn's favorites.