THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM

Hurricane Irene may be bearing down on NY and CT, so here's a view of
Captain's Cove Seaport, a small marina & restaurant in Bridgeport harbor...

We were there a couple of weeks ago on a beautiful Saturday....There are small
trinket shops on the dock & you can eat on the dock as well...Nights there is
music/dancing upstairs....& you can sit out on the veranda overlooking the Harbor....

And the Cove is the gathering point for some charity events, as noted on the sign...St. Vincent's is one of the hospitals in town & they sponsor a Swim across
the sound as a charitable event for cancer research...

Thie Big Easy ain't easy in the August heat

Grandson's pictures of Alaska

My grandson and his wife and baby just sent these pics of their trip in Alaska. They are beautiful so thought I would share here. They were visiting his aunt in Haines.

Trips and Birthdays

Time for a new post. Wish I had some beautiful scenes. Recently visited my sis and took some fun pics of her dog, Riley and cat, Boo. They get along very well. I enjoyed watching them chase each other. When tired of the game, Boo calls a halt by putting up a little black paw toward Riley's face. Riley stops immediately. Boo is a perfect Halloween cat with orange eyes. Riley had an eye infection at birth and lost an eye. The other pics are of my GD's 10th B'day and July 4th party. The baby is GGD with blue icing.

A view from the pool

It was a wonderful evening for a swim.

Summer visitors...

Here's some of my visitors in the yard this summer.... Foxy is grazing on the bird seed...

Woody usually comes down the tree to wait til I throw the bird seed...last month there were three, but lately only have seen one...



This timid turtle strolled out of the wetlands last month...have not seen any turtles in the yard for several years...
















And this year we have an abundance of chipmunks...they dart in & out of the rocks to get some birdseed too...

Everyone loves a parade

About this time every year for as long as I can remember, the Barnum Festival takes place in Bridgeport to commemorate P.T. Barnum, born on July 5, who while not a Bridgeport native, adopted the city...there are many events planned, culminating in both fireworks & a parade...the 63th annual parade happened today...it was a little drizzly & damp, but there were floats, drum corps, balloons, dancers, clowns, the obligatory public officials, & all in all...a nice day for those who did line the streets along the parade route...