Scenes From A Beachy Weekend

The spouse and I took a long weekend "downdashore" to commemorate his birthday and our anniversary.

Go to Mark's blog to see pix of our Friday night escapade!  A fun evening with my Delaware boyfriends!

Saturday was sunny and mild.  So we went out to shop, explore, eat, drink.

This is where we stayed (heh heh heh, "anus")

Roses still blooming

Pretties!

Rehoboth bandstand - used for outdoor concerts

A dolphin statue dressed in a beach t-shirt

The Atlantic Ocean (waves to Raybeard on the other side of the pond)

Cross the dune to the ocean 

 

 Spouse on the boardwalk

 

Crowd gathered to hear a Philly string band playing (the plumed hats are the band; I could not get up close and personal)

Halloween scenes around town for Spo and Debra

One of the local shops (yes, I MUST feed my addiction!)

 

What's THIS?

 

The Dogs' Mother's gnomes have come East!  Get them a beer stat!

 

 

(Fake) sheep at the yarn shop...cause wool...and yarn... 

 

  And then we came home to this and this

 

Nyla and Gigi wanting attention from their parents!

Where in the World Is Warrior Queen? - UPDATED

See if you can guess where spouse and I went Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon (an overnight trip).  This is the reason the previous post was delayed; I didn't take the laptop; sue me!

The Lake Front Hotel; a quiet respite from daily cares.
AND the front desk clerk was cute and gay!

The Glimmerglass Queen tour boat.

Otsego Lake; the Susquehanna River begins its 444 mile march to the Chesapeake Bay right here.

Fly Creek Cider Mill

Betcha John can relate to these scenes!

So many different ducks and swans and geese in the mill pond!

One of the "go go boyz"!

The tons of apples in those crates will be made into cider this week.

 

This "castle" belongs to a private club; it can only be seen from the lake by boat.

Otsego Lake scenes.

The REAL reason we went to Cooperstown, NY - the wine!

Reds, whites, roses, rieslings; 3 cases followed us home!

And so did some food - cheese, pickles, BBQ sauce, honey mustard dip.

Outside my house, the sedum has bloomed.

And the peppers are still turning red/orange.

My booze of choice tonight!

And a gratuitous pix of Miss Oreo in the living room window!

Some Bloggerpalooza Picture Memories

All pix taken by spouse.

 Your humble author, ready to collect the banquet money.

 

 

Some SPO shirt fabric (Janey, isn't this FABULOUS?)

Doug, Spo, Tim, and me.

Yes, I AM wearing Viking horns with my handknits!  (doesn't everyone?)

 Me and new friend Pat from Canada.  He brought all of us bottles of REAL maple syrup! :-)

Spouse's banquet beer; he never heard of this variety.

Friend Mark (and his ever-present camera)

Friends Java, Spo, and Randy with "swag bags"

Friends Spo, Randy, and Pat (Randy is blowing bubbles)

What I Did On My Autumn Vacation

OY VEY, boyfriends!

Two weeks of pneumonia, missed work, no gym have made me very off-balance!

And now it's vacation time, but I have no money and nowhere to go.

So let's see what mischief I can think of doing!

October 12 & 13 - spouse went to visit his mother & brother upstate; I stayed home with the pussies.  I knitted, I baked, I listened to music, I watched crap on youtube on my laptop, I took much needed naps.

meredith resting

nyla resting

October 14 - I went to the office for 3 hours while spouse did some outdoor work with his cousin's help.  Due to the pneumonia, I missed 5 days and have much backlog.  I managed to clear 90% away yesterday.  Came home and relaxed the day away.

October 15 - spouse's 54th birthday!  I baked him a birthday cake, took him out to lunch, took a nap, went to the gym, did some reading, listened to music.  He planted a japanese red maple tree.  and it's raybeard's birthday too!

spouse's birthday cake - vanilla butter nut pound

October 16 - spouse went to his cousin's house to help him clear away stuff from 2 dead relatives.  I made slow cooker (crock pot) lasagna, did a load of laundry, went grocery shopping, emptied the recycle bin, did some reading, listened to music.  AND there's a new boyfriend to add to the mix; go say hello to randy in NE!

October 17 - my 21st anniversary with spouse.  Slept in late today, did a load of dishes, made quiche for dinner, exchanged small gifts, did some reading and knitting, went to the gym, listened to music.  spouse did some outdoor work.  AND I wore a purple shirt today, cause bullying on ANY level blows goats.  It's bob & carlos' anniversary too!

still life with wine and peppers (spouse took this one)

October 18 - Indian food (small buffet) for lunch.  Did a load of laundry, took a nap, paid bills, did some reading, listened to music.  Spouse planted a second japanese red maple tree and continued his outdoor work.

October 19 - went to the gym, picked up a prescription, took a nap, did some reading and knitting, baked a chocolate cake for tonight's dessert, listened to music.  Then I put my local tax dollars to work: the township was sponsoring a mobile shredding event, so I took over a copy paper box full of sensitive crap.  They were also collecting electronics for green-cycling, but I didn't have any of those.  Spouse cut the grass for the last time this season, mulching the leaves as he went along.

October 20 - read the sunday paper, did some knitting and reading, made cornbread as a side to tonight's dinner (bbq pork chops), listened to music, took a nap.  spouse did more outdoor work.  I have a heating pad on my left ankle (arthritis).

And that's what I did on my autumn vacation. (curtseys)

You may now all yawn at once.