with brush in hand: August 2014

Thursday, August 21, 2014

The Birthday Boy...

We have several birthdays in the family this month and Lou celebrated a big one...
In honor of his 60th the daughters planned a trip to
St. Michaels on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

A misty trip over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

to meet with a few of Lou's favorite people for a cruise on The Patriot
and crabcakes for lunch at one of the local restaurants.
Unfortunately, Son-in-Law, Chad was called out of town on business
and then, on the morning of the birthday celebration,
Holly came down with a stomach bug. Because of this, Lou and I
made an unscheduled pick up of the grandbabies
so they could still be part of Gramp's birthday.

We had never visited the lovely, quaint town of St. Michaels
but are planning on going back soon to explore some more.

The Pride of Baltimore II was in town.

It was a beautiful day for a boat ride...

The grands enjoyed the ride on The Patriot...

Dylan had the chance to steer the boat and received a sticker to prove it.

Daughter Meagan did an amazing job of pulling this all together.
Happy Birthday Old Man!

Monday, August 4, 2014

Donuts or Peaches?

My daughter and son-by-love told me about these "donut peaches" . They went to Weber's Peach Farm to pick them...I went to Weber's Cider Mill Farm and found them already "picked". Interesting to look at and tasty too.