Dreary Day Fun!

It is another rainy and cool day in New Hampshire.  This is totally amazing the amount of rain we have had.  The weekend was beautiful, but until July 3rd, we had over six weeks of rain!  And, it started again on Monday.  Wonderful.  If I were  mushroom farmer, I'd so love it....cool and dark days.

So, what to do with a preschooler after a zillion days inside....okay, maybe not quite a zillion!  I am not happy about the bugs, so outside is sort of out of the question - though I have been sending her out in the rain on her own to play.  Not heavy rain, nice misting or light rain.  It's worse than winter!  Anyway, I am digressing.  Then, I thought - Currier Museum of Art in Manchester.  Perfect!  So off we are this afternoon for a little culture and fun.  I cannot wait!!

Currently on exhibit at the museum: Turning Wood into Art...looks very interesting.  For more info on the museum visit www.currier.org

Stay dry :-)

More rain...and some new music

Okay, this is just getting plain ridiculous.  It is still (insert expletive of your choice here) raining!  It is july 1st and the high today was 60!  Seriously, where is this infamous global warming?!?!?!  For the past few years, the summers have been getting *colder* and the winters too.  

I should be taking pictures of the interesting fungus growing in our yard.  Our garden is water logged.  The plants are so "desperately seeking sun".  I think they are getting prison pallor - if plants get such.  Rumor has it that there may be some sun heading this way for the weekend.  One can only hope.

So, what does one do on a crummy and rainy day?  Work? Play?  No, listen to music and download from iTunes some new tunes.  That is just what I've done...music from Omar Souleyman, Ingrid Michaelson and Ray LaMontagne.  Crank the tunes and pretend it is summer....somewhere it is!!!!

Okay, I lied.  I did do a little shopping.  I've just ordered this super-duper skirt from A Little Bit Funky.  How awesome is it....again, pretending it will be summer someday before I die.

YIKES! More rain!

Ugh.  It is the end of June and there have been more rainy days than not.  And, it is cold.  What ever happened to Global Warming?  It sure is taking a long time to "warm up"...maybe those greenhouse gases need to beat up more sun-rays (hahahaha.......and those who know Futurama will get that quote).  

Okay, so I had to vent mildly about the weather.  The problem is once the rain stops the bugs are out in full force.  Never ends, right?!

Last night we had a wonderful visitor in our yard.  Just as Isabelle was being tucked into bed, a deer came into our yard to eat our apples.  Isabelle thought it too cool to watch the deer.  She (or he - young one with no antlers maybe) ate for about 20 minutes before deciding to head into the woods.  With over four apple trees in the yard, we tend to get a lot of deer.  Oddly, only one showed up lat night.  Or, at least only one that we saw!  It was just a perfect way to end the day.

What a weekend!

Phew - the past few days have been a whirlwind of excitement, and the coming week looks to be much more of the same. All good, mind you.

First, one of very best friends in college was married on Saturday. He is marrying a wonderful woman who I know will make him happy. I've only had the pleasure of meeting Lisa once before the wedding, and the impression she left me was that there were not two people more perfectly matched. Saturday was a perfect day for an outdoor wedding - Sunny and Warm. This is more remarkable in the fact it has been raining everyday all week and still is raining!! They were blessed with such a great day. I wish them both the very very best!

(Catching a quick moment with Dan)

(Time for one picture with the newlyweds!)

On Sunday, we spent some time with Al's parents - who came up to babysit Isabelle while we attended Dan and Lisa's wedding. We met for brunch at The Crowne Plaza (Nashua), and had a side trip to the duck pond. Later in the day, the rain returned....some very nasty moments and losing power for over an hour....Isabelle was outside helping Al mow the lawn when the rain arrived. She had a blast and Al had to go and drag her inside....gotta love being a toddler!

(Isabelle and Al with the ducks)

(Isabelle and I after brunch)

(How cute - matching bag and pinnie! Pinnie can be purchased at Lassie Girl's shop on http://www.etsy.com/. Bag bought on Cape Cod.)

(Coming in out of the rain)