Molly's Bridal Shower

We had a great time hosting Molly's bridal shower. Nineteen women came for luncheon yesterday. Patti had the house decorated with garlands of yellow dots and blue triangular flags. Tables were set on the porch and in the house with yellow carnation plants and little blue glass sailboats as centerpieces.

At one pm we put out appetizers of hot cheese crackers, deviled eggs, smoked salmon canapés, cucumber sandwiches, herb butter spread, and assorted cheese and crackers. Guests were offered Prosecco, iced tea or cucumber water when they arrived. At one-thirty we put out the buffet lunch of chicken salad with croisants, fruit salad, Caprese salad, and spoon bread. Molly opened all of her wonderful shower gifts. WV and NH sugar cookies and Patti's lemon cupcakes with lemon curd filling were available for dessert. Mary Laurel had drawn up the invitations and a sign for the favors of "Molly's Turtle Soaps". A good time was had by all. 

One table had Matt's mother, aunts, and cousin. Another table had the Sunapee crowd (Jeff's cousins) and a third had Molly's friends from Boston University. The last table had Molly with her Maid of Honor, Patti and myself. Each guest signed a special card that Patti and I fabricated for Molly as a keepsake of the occasion. Below are some pics.

Lake Sunapee

The lake is very lovely with refreshing water that all the dogs like to swim in. We have been playing a lot of Mexican Train Dominoes with neighbors and watching a lot of tennis at Wimbleton. ML and R traded in the Audi for a RAV4; pretty exciting stuff. I enjoy seeing pics of Arlo.

Summer Progress

I made it to New Hampshire in one piece but it was a hard 2-day forced drive. I had a tire blowout on I95 just north of Petersburg VA. I swerved all over the road before getting on the right shoulder. It was scary but only took an extra hour.  A nice man stopped and changed my tire then led me to a tire store to get a new tire. The dogs and I got to John and Carol's just before dark. It took 12 hours all together. Next day took about 7 hours with bumper to bumper traffic over the GW bridge.

We had a very sad Fourth of July as Rosey, Patti and Jeff's corgi, was fatally wounded by a car on Friday.  I now feel I must keep my dogs on a leash when walking down to the lake.  We will miss Rosey very much.  All the dogs are quite subdued. Thankfully, Matt and Molly were here to help during the crisis.

My week at Montreat Music conference near Grandfather Mountain was cut a bit short because I needed to get home to arrange for the summer progress. It was a nice place but very hot -low 90° s. The folks in the group house were lots of fun. Not sure I would go again, however. The rehearsal and meetings rooms had no A/C.

I hope to be seeing Ned and Royal soon and visit my former neighbors in South Hero VT. Then it's back to prepare for Molly's bridal shower. The weather here at Sunapee is wonderfully cool.

Arlo has been having adventures in CA. Below are some pics from ML.