Have a few quick minutes to catch up! Grampa and Kiddo are out in the driveway flying the Vapor and the Dragonfly. Kiddo is catching on pretty well but has a bit of trouble finessing the controls. Too used to Nintendo and other computer type games where you can slam and crash! He's getting much better at the remote control truck. I'll have to see if his older brother has another remote control vehicle I can bring home so he and Grampa can do some racing!
Went to the Fish Hatchery yesterday and had a nice look at the Rainbow, Brook and Brown Trout they raise for Connecticut fisher folk. Then we walked to the ponds even though there was no fishing. Saw some beautiful blue herons trying their luck and watched as a farmer tedded the fields. It was such a typical New England scene out of the 40's. Even the sun and heat seemed from a different era. Kiddo should have had a straw hat and been chomping on some hay. Grampa found him a bobber and some line with a hook so we made out quite well on our outing. Went on, in the El Camino, to the Snak Shak for ice creams before coming home to play with the hose and water the garden. Kiddo did a good job just watering the roots and not the leaves of my plants. It seems as if the moth balls have kept the deer at bay. So far so good.
Not much going on tomorrow, the Fourth. We've been invited to my cousin's in Oneco for their big bash but it's almost too crowded for me even though they have the room for lots of people. With 17 brothers and sisters and their families and friends it's a wild place! We'll probably go to our nephew's at the old homestead in the early evening for hamburgers. His brother and wife are visiting from Arizona and we haven't seen them in a while. Will be a nice calm family evening with fireworks to light up the sky. Will probably see if we can watch the fireworks from home as I like to be back early so I can settle in with a good book.
Quote: Not rural sights alone, but rural sounds, exhilarate the spirit, and restore the tone of languid nature. __Cowper
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