Simple Summer Joys...

This past weekend was the National Guard Air Show in Quonset, Rhode Island, which we can all watch pretty clearly from my mother's pool. It's a kind of tradition, made a little interesting this year with the addition of my little cousins' new dog, Rocco.

Above: I stopped at a lemonade stand, where the three girls running it were soooo excited, saying I was their first customer! And look at these cookies!! I asked why they were so big and chunky, but they told me it was a "family secret."....

Above: as seen through the kitchen window, my mother's new friend. See him? How cute!