Summer delight

What a wonderful summer weekend! Summers in Minnesota are the best, and sharing it with friends make it divine.

First off, I attended an overnight knitting retreat with my neighborhood knitting group, The Tangletown Ladies Needlework Society. We went to a cabin 1 -1/2 hours away on a lovely little river. We ate and ate and ate, and knit a bit. Man, I am bad at knitting, but luckily I'm pretty good with the cooking, so that saved me. The Needlework Society is full of smart, interesting and funny women: progressive reverends, writers, and cooks, which made for great conversations. I was in heaven.

Promptly upon my return home, we had an ice cream party with our good friends the Logans to celebrate the ending of a successful school year. Undeterred by previous pizza grilling disasters, we forged on ahead, and finally, success!! Crisp and crunchy asparagus, gorgonzola and spinach pizzas. Michael was busy making mojitos which included copious amounts of vegetation.




The children discovered later that the neighborhood boys were sleeping out in their tent, so of course ours had to go up as well. Predictably, that lasted about an hour and a half.



The next day, I went to church and heard the most delightful sermon on beauty. We have a new intern from Berkley, and he rocks. I'm really hoping they will post his talk on their podcast soon. http://www.unityunitarian.libsyn.com/.

Later, our friends Geoff and Dawn arrived for an afternoon nibble of a Queen of Sheba tart and a garden tour. The girls became totally enamored with Dawn and became a permanent fixture on her lap. Geoff is the mastermind behind the weehouse. See weehouse.com

Meanwhile, Charlotte has blown all of her allowance money on a towering four pack of princess shoes. Day and night she is sporting her new apparel, and she couldn't be more thrilled. How can shoe obsessions begin at the age of 4??