Wow, we've waited so long for our glorious summer daze. Spent a very pleasant 4th of July visiting Puppy's Pop's younger brother. All the brothers and sisters were there along with some of the kids, grandkids and great grand kids! Can you imagine that there are great grand children? Can we really be growing up that fast? Also spent the same evening at the old homestead with my younger brother's family and friends. Way to end a beautiful American tradition. Fireworks were booming and sparkling all over town. Life doesn't get much better than letting the PC Nanny State know that we are a freedom loving people and thumb our noses at their overweening PC obsequiousness. Hip! Hip! for the good old United States of America. We decided to go to Iggy's at Oakland Beach in RI yesterday forgetting how busy beaches can be right after the 4th. But the trip was wonderful and we decided to eat at the Top of the Bay where there were no lines. We ate in air-conditioned splendor with views of Narragansett Bay. It was a bit hazy far out and so we only saw faint outlines of the Jamestown and Newport Bridges but the sailboats were a graceful sight and the local folk were enjoying one of the best free beaches in New England. In the Fall we'll have to bring Kiddo to the boardwalk, playground, rocky and sandy Oakland beach. It is a gem that has somehow escaped the charges socked to Connecticutters. I believe that this beach was ravaged in the 1938 Hurricane and the State in it's wisdom saw fit to leave the beach free for all. Nice. Have renewed my subscription to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston! It feels so good! My cousin A., art teacher par excellence, and her sister who lives in Randolph MA are planning a trip soon. Can't wait! Haven't been to Boston since youngest child left for England! I still have a very fond place in my soul for cities great and small.
Quote: Praise the sea, but keep on the land. ____Herbert
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