Grandma Mary and Grandpa Roy came down from Washington for another visit last week. And let's be clear: They were visiting Cornelia, not Ken and me. As usual, they came with a trunkload of stuff for Coco (thankfully, they drive a small car). Coco now has a pre-trike (like a tricycle without pedals for scootching about), plastic Adorondak chairs (a purple one for the city and a green one for the country), and a whole new mess of clothes. And not all of them pink. Grandma, Grandpa and Coco enjoyed a lot of trips to the park for swinging and sliding, daily strolls to the grocery store, and general playing about. If you don't believe me, ask Grandpa about his 300 or so pictures.
Ken and I sneaked away for an overnight trip to the country (sans Coco) for Ken's birthday. The weekend officially marked the start of our summer in the country. We spent a good deal of time working in the backyard (sadly much neglected in recent months) and re-engaging with the local wildlife. We found a deer trapped in the garden on Saturday afternoon and had to leave it alone so it wouldn't impale itself on the fence trying to get out and away from us. We also found our first rattle snake of the season dozing next to the pond in the backyard. We tried to kill it (can't have a rattle snake lurking about with a one-year-old in the house) but were unsuccessful. We found it in the very same place the following weekend and did manage to kill it with a two-by-four and a shovel. Quite a spectacle which, thankfully, no one was there to witness. We have a picture of the corpse but I won't post it here.
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| Coco and Grandma Mary |
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| Coco and Grandma Mary |
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| This has Grandma written all over it. |
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| An outfit on the more subtle side. |
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