It's BRISTOL BABY!!!!

For his 70th birthday, Krista, Elissa, Jenna and I gave John tickets to the NASCAR race in Bristol.  It is one of those bucket list things and I knew that he would love it and he did.  It is an evening race in August, still very hot but out seats were covered and it made for a hoot of an evening.  His GUY didn't win but he had a marvelous time.  Now he has ideas about wanting to do this every year!!!!!!
Happy Birthday Sweetie!!!

Nantucket with Jane

I think I have known Jane Hunter since I was about 14 years old but it seems like she has been a part of our family forever.  She and my mother were wonderful friends and I guess I picked up that friendship after my mother died.  Jane vacations on Nantucket for a month each summer and I have been fortunate enough to have been invited several times.  This year she needed someone to help her make the drive home and I volunteered.  It was just Jane and I and we had a wonderful week. Enjoy the photo journey!

The Boston Pops performs a concert - fund raiser every summer for the Nantucket Cottage Hospital and oh my goodness what a party.  It is held on Jetties beach and it was a simply glorious evening, fireworks and all. The concert is attended by many thousands of people from many walks of life but most are very well off and have spent a great deal of money to be there. As I sat there and took it all in I felt so incredibly fortunate and privileged and blessed.

We were doing a little shopping on this beautiful island that is filled with cute little shops and flowers everywhere.  What a lovely backdrop for a shot of a lovely lady!

Almost all of the houses have a widows walk on the roof top, which is an inviting place to get this amazing panoramic view.  The sky is clear and crisp and is especially glorious at night.  The evening before we left I went up to the widows walk before bed and the sky was like a planetarium filled with many thousands of stars. Absolutely incredible!!

                      
                        My bedroom for the week had just been redecorated and was just beautiful.
                                                     I felt like a princess for the week!!

As our ferry departed the island, the boats anchored in the bay provided an inviting image.....what wonderful memories and an invitation to return one day.  The legend is that if you throw a penny into the bay as you leave then you will come back and of course we threw our pennies.

A kind gentleman offered to take our picture and I am so glad we got a parting shot after a wonderful week together with great memories shared.

                                  
                                   Perhaps we will return one day but for now we have today!!

FRIENDS

We were gifted this summer with a visit from two Florida friends.  The first, Maureen, is a long time co-worker and friend of Johns and a new friend of mine.  She was wrapping up a 7 week tour of the east and mid west, visiting friends and family along the way.  We just happened to be along her route as she headed south so she stopped to spend a few days with us.  What a wonderful blessing for us to get to spend time with this incredibly loving, wise and passionate woman.

Secondly, friends from Solivita, new friends that we have gotten to know since we have been enjoying winters in Florida, were visiting the Carolinas and took time on their way home to stop and see us.  They are a very special couple and we are very blessed by their friendship!!  How wonderful it is to have these incredibly loving and supportive friends in our lives!!