THE END OF JUNE!

BOY, DID GEORGE GET A STRANGE PHONE MESSAGE! SOME LITTLE BOY WAS CHECKING UP ON ME BECAUSE HE FOUND GEORGE'S PHONE NUMBER ON HIS MOTHER'S CELL PHONE, SURE GLAD LITTLE BOYS DON'T CARRY GUNS!! YES JAKE IT'S ME.

GOT BACK FROM ACTIVE WEEKEND, SOFTBALL GAMES, DONUTS GALORE, TREES BEING TRIMMED, CHECKING OUT WOOD WORKING SHOPS AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. NOW FOR SOME REST, NOPE, COVER FOR SICK PEOPLE, INSTALL FLAT SCREEN TVs, GET ALL THE HAIRS CUT, MAKE TACOS, AND GET READY FOR SOME COMPANY, THE COMING WEEKEND, THE BIG ONE, FORTH OF JULY.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL OF YOU, BUT JUNE FLEW BY LIKE AN EAGLE WITH A CROW ON ITS REAR. HOPE JULY SLOWS DOWN SOMEWHAT.

OK NOW KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL AND WATCH OUT FOR FALLING LIMBS!

BANG! BOOM! OHHHH AHHH EEEEEE

AFTER A GREAT TRIP TO JENNY'S, LOW AND BEHOLD, I AM IN SEVENTH HEAVEN! FOR ALL MY DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE, WHAT DO I SEE BUT A BIG TENT, PACKED WITH FIREWORKS! DOES SOMEONE HAVE A LITE? LOOK OUT U.P.! AS MY KIDS AND GRANDKIDS KNOW, GRAMPS HAS A TRUE LOVE FOR FIREWORKS. (MUST BE A HANG OVER FROM THE OLD ARMY DAYS.)

DON'T LOOK NOW ETHEL! TO LATE, SHE HAS ALREADY SEEN GRAMPS IN SHORTS! JUST LUCKY SHE WASN'T MOONED!

YOU ALL KEEP PICKEN AND GRINNEN AND ENJOY THE HEAT!

PAPA'S DAY

HERE I AM ON PAPA'S DAY WAITING WITH MY TWO LITTLE SWEETIES TO HAVE DINNER AT OUTBACK. I HAD THE BQ RIBS WITH FRIES AND SPICED UP MY TUMMY! THAN LATER BACK AT JENNY & STEVE'S FOR SOME MOOSE TRACKS ICE CREAM AND POPCORN FROM THE MOVIE THEATER. SPECIAL THANKS TO STEVE FOR RUNNING TO GET THE POPCORN.

TODAY JENNY AND I CUT THE GRASS, TRIMMED AND DID SOME EDGING. DON'T TELL HER I GOT THIS PICTURE! I WOULD BE IN BIG TROUBLE AND SHE MIGHT DO LIKE JOY AND DELETE IT. HEE HEEE.

WELL DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME, MY OTHER SWEETIE IS COMING OVER FROM ROCKFORD AND WE ARE GOING OUT FOR A SNACK AND MOVIE. I THINK IT IS A CHICK FLICK, BUT THE COMPANY CAN'T BE BEAT!

ALL TAKE CARE AND KEEP YOUR DIMES ON THE TABLE AND DON'T DROP UNTIL THE FLOP!!!

SUMMER TREATS

THE FIRST FAWN OF THE YEAR RAN ACROSS THE ROAD WITH IT'S MAMA, SO TINY AND PRETTY QUICK. NO PIC, HAVE TO DRIVE YA KNOW.

MORE FISH, AND TODAY IT WAS SUNNY SO GUESS WHAT WAS BITING? SUN FISH! AND WHEN I TRIED TO GET THE RIVER CLEANED UP, I ENDED UP CHASING ONE OF THE DAM TIMBERS DOWN THE RIVER, TWICE. SURE GLAD IT WAS WARM. SO THERE WAS MY FIRST SEMI SWIM OF THE YEAR! THANKS UNCLE DICK FOR THE REPLACEMENT PANTS.

AND THAN TO COME BACK TO A COOK OUT WITH A HOMEMADE CARMEL APPLE CRUMB PIE! WAIT THERE WAS TWO OF THEM AND ONE HAS BEEN PUT TO WORK ON MANY TASTEBUDS AND NOT A CRUMB TO SPARE!

WELL ALL KEEP YOUR PIGGIES DRY, YOUR COWS MILKED AND CATCH YOU ALL LATER. HOOK, LINE & SINKER!

STOPPED TO SMELL THE LILACS

AHHHH, THE SWEET SMELL OF THE LILACS, WHICH ARE IN FULL BLOOM NOW HERE IN THE U.P. AND I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE ENJOYING THEIR SWEET SCENT. A VERY LARGE YELLOW BUTTERFLY AND A FEW BIG BUMBLE BEES WERE RIGHT THERE WITH ME SNIFFING AWAY. YES IT WAS A FANTASTIC DAY, BLUE SKIES, WARM AIR AND THE SUN IN IT'S FULL GLORY HEATING UP THE OLD SKIN CELLS. GOT MY CHORES DONE AND ON THE ROAD TO SEE MORE OF THE U.P.

GOT A GREAT VIEW OF GRAND ISLAND AND THE PICTURED ROCKS FROM THE HI SPOT IN MUNISING AND HAD A GOOD DINNER AT LIL ABNERS WITH TWO COBBLERS, CHERRY AND PEACH. SOMETIMES ONE IS JUST NOT ENOUGH.

JENNY DID CATCH ME THIS MORNING TO COVER EVENTS OF THE LAST WEEK AND NEXT WEEKS ACTIVITIES. WHAT A WAY TO START THE DAY, TO HEAR WHAT THE LITTLE ONES ARE UP TO AND HOW THEY ARE DOIN.

YOU ALL KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD AND YOUR EAR ON THE RAIL.

THINGS PICKING UP

WHAT A WEEK. THINGS ARE STARTING TO GET A LITTLE MORE ACTIVE UP HERE. AFTER THE RED HAT GALS LEFT, WENT TO SEE CCR CONCERT, CAUGHT A NICE MESS OF BASS AND PUT NEW LIGHTS ON THE BRIDGE. I MUST SAY, THINGS ARE GOING GOOD.

THE FISH WERE BITING AND PUTTING UP A GOOD FIGHT, BUT GRAMPS OVERCAME THIER SLY SWIMMING METHODS TO TRY TO GET LOOOOOSE. WHAT A MEAL!

THE NEW LIGHTS ON THE BRIDGE ARE MUCH MORE EVEN LOOKING AND ALOT SAFER, WITH A GOOD THICK COAT OF CLEAR PLASTIC COVERING THEM.

THE TRAFFIC AROUND HAS REALLY PICKED UP AS MORE PEOPLE GET BACK FROM THEIR WINTER HIDE OUTS. AND WITH MOST SCHOOLS OUT, THE EARLY VACATIONERS ARE OUT AND ABOUT. GETTING ICE CREAM, FISHING, BOATING AND EATING OUT. HOPE FOR ALL BUSINESSES, THE TRAFFICE KEEPS COMING.

WELL KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD AND YOUR PADDLE IN THE WATER.

RED HAT ATTACK!

LOOK OUT, IT'S A RED HAT ATTACK! I JUST HOPE I SURVIVE. LINDA'S GRANDDAUGHTER AND HER TWIN FRIENDS ARE SPENDING A FEW DAYS AND SO FAR THE ACTION HASN'T STOPPED. THEY HAVE BEEN FISHING, TO THE BIG FALLS, IT STARTS WITH A T. AND THE LIST GOES ON WITH DONUTS, ICE CREAM, COOKOUT, AND PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE! WITH EXTRA CHERRIES, I PUT THEM ON! WELL IT IS LATE AND YOU ALL KEEP YOUR EARS CLEAN.

NICK WITH FANS

MADE A LAST MINUTE TRIP TO WATCH NICK PLAY IN TWO GAMES ON SATURDAY. I MADE IT TO THE GAMES AND SLEPT THREW(HEE HEE) THE AFTER GAME EVENTS. BOY THIS GETTING OLD IS KICKING GRAMPS BUTT! STILL IT WAS WELL WORTH THE TRIP TO SEE ALL WORKING ON LIFE'S SKILLS. SARAH SENT ME PACKING WITH A CD AND NOTHING ON IT.

THE BIG EVENT AT THE ROGER'S HOUSE IS A LITTLE KITTEN THAT STOLE THE SHOW, TIGER IS HIS NAME, AND BITING IS HIS GAME, WHEN NOT UNDER THE DISHWASHER. WE ALSO AGREED THAT HE HAS BEEN SLEEPING TO CLOSE TO SARAH'S BUTT.

JAKE PLAYED A COUPLE SONGS ON THE NEW CD PLAYER HE AND NICK HAS. GETTING A PICTURE OF JAKE'S FACE IS A CHORE IN ITS SELF. OH WELL, SOMEDAY MAYBE. WE WILL KEEP TRYING.

SWEET SCENTS CONTINUE

ANOTHER GREAT DAY, WAKE UP TO FARM LILACS FILLING THE AIR WITH THEIR SWEET SMELLS. THIS WILL BE PERFECT, THE LILACS UP HERE WILL BE OPEN IN A WEEK OR SO AND THE PLEASURE OF THEM WILL CONTINUE.

AS JENNY SAID WE WENT OUT TO CUT THE RUG TONIGHT AND HAVE A MEAL OF STROMBONIE. IT IS LIKE A PIZZA, ONLY IT HAS A CRUST ALL AROUND IT AND THE SAUCE IS ON THE SIDE FOR DIPPING. THE SAUCE IS SWEETER THAN REGULAR PIZZA SAUCE.

WENT SHOPPING FOR A FEW THINGS FOR LINDA'S GRAND DAUGHTER AND HER FRIENDS, THEY ARE COMING UP SATURDAY TO STAY A FEW DAYS. I GOT A COUPLE RUBBER BALLS TO PLAY KICK BALL WITH AND SOME PLANES THAT GLIDE OR CAN BE SHOT WITH A RUBBER BAND. ALSO GOT 3 RED FUZZY HATS.

ENOUGH FOR NOW, BE SURE TO PUT ON CLEAN UNDERWEAR EVERYDAY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU COULD GET PULLED OVER THE BY THE DINGLEBERRY COPS!

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

THINGS ARE JUMPIN, THE FISH ARE BITING, AND GOOD FOOD DISAPPEARS. HAD A SPECIAL TREAT MONDAY, JENNY, STEVE AND THE GIRLS STOPPED IN ON THEIR WAY BACK FROM MINISODA, YOU KNOW THAT PLACE BEYOND WESCONSON. WE GOBBLED SOME SUBS AND NOT JUST DONUTS AND ICE CREAM, BUT WARM DONUTS! STEVE GOT TO CLIMB UP INTO THE HAY LOFT TO GANDER AT SOME WOOD.

TUESDAY WAS VISIT THE MOOSE DAY, AND UNCLE FRANK GOT ALITTLE CLOSE, HE IS THE ONE ON THE RIGHT, AND IS LUCKY TO HAVE ANY HAIR LEFT ON HIS HEAD! WAIT, THERE IS NO HAIR ON HIS HEAD. DANG MOOSE ANYWAY.

AND I BELIEVE I HAD HELP EATING THE NO BAKES SARAH BROUGHT UP.

WENT TO THE FARM TODAY TO PICK SOME THINGS UP AND ALSO STOPPED TO SEE WHERE LORI WORKS, HAD A CARD FOR HER AND HER NEW HUBBY. I ALSO CUT A FEW LILACS AND THE CAR WAS FILLED WITH THEIR FANTASTIC SCENT ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE UP. GOT BACK JUST IN TIME TO MAKE THE DONUTS.

NOW I NEED TO GET SOME REST, FOR THURSDAY IS WHEN THE MUD HOLE BAND PLAYS AT THE SHIPWRECK. SO NIGHTY NIGHT AND KEEP YOUR TANK FILLED.