I haven't posted for a while - trying to get caught up with stuff at home before school starts next week.  Gary and I went to Lauritzen Gardens yesterday - it's one of those places that I really should visit more often.  I took bunches of pictures so instead of posting them on this Home Page, I decided to make a whole new page.  It's above to the right.  Enjoy!

I am back in Omaha - this is the end of the summer - so no more Minneapolis for me - :-(!  I miss my grandson desperately!  But - as usual - I have some pictures - as you will see, he needed to go to sleep yesterday.  Also, he is a big help when it comes to Scrabble!

I left Steve and Julie's this morning - and before I went back to Shawna and Derek's I visited the Roseville branch of the Ramsey County library system.  Best. Library. Ever!  The library itself is beautiful, but the children's garden is really special.  There are lots more pictures on my Books, Libraries page.

Duncan's Baptism

I'm back in Minneapolis - came back on Jul 15, and I'm going back to Omaha on the 24th.  I stayed over in Roseville with my brother and sister-in-law and 2 nieces while other family came in to town for Duncan's baptism - which was Jul 20.

The next group of photos is from a garden walk I took around our place.  It was surprising to see how much everything had grown from when I left for Minneapolis (May 31) until I came back to Omaha (Jul 5).

I came back to Minneapolis on July 15 - this time I am staying for about 10 days.  I got a couple pictures of my even-more-adorable grandson, and a few pictures of my daughter and son-in-law's garden.  The corn is taller than me!

Sadly, Duncan had his 2-month appointment and he got 4 shots!  He cried a bit, but he was very good and very brave!  I haven't taken the appropriate pictures yet, but I will post some later.

Just to let you know ahead of time - this may be a fairly long post.  As you can plainly see, it has been a long time since I posted anything.  I will quickly hit the high points - 

• I left Minneapolis on Fri, Jul 5 to go back to Omaha for 10 days.  Had a dentist appt, pedicure, and needed to catch up with friends.  Plus I got some home-type stuff done.  My brother called me before I left Minneapolis to see if I would be back in Omaha on Fri the 5th and/or Sat the 6th.  They came through on their way back to Minnesota from their Grand Canyon vacation.  

• One of the home-type things I did was to make a wine bag and table runner for my friends Kathy and Denny for a housewarming present.

• Kathy and Denny had a housewarming/wine tasting party at their house this last weekend.  Lots of good food - and beverage, of course!

Family disc golf this afternoon -