Sunday afternoon Larry finally used his birthday gift from last year -- a hang-gliding experience. We drove over to Lookout Mountain, and after completing a lot of paper work (if you read it all and think about it much, it'll scare you out of going through with it!), Larry suited up and was soon airborne. He didn't have to jump off a cliff -- this experience (actually a flying lesson) was with a licensed instructor, and they were pulled up from the airstrip by an ultra-lite plane.


A camera on the wing of the glider took these photos. Notice that in the 2nd & 3rd pictures, Larry is actually flying the glider. The instructor had a parachute, but they didn't give Larry one. If the worst happened, I guess he'd just have to hang on to the other guy!





Larry loved it and said he would do it again. Next time he wants to make it a group experience -- anyone interested?
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It's hard to believe that summer is over. The garden is finished, but there's lots of peas and okra in the freezer and pickles and jelly in the pantry. We really enjoyed our daylilies this year. We thought the last ones had bloomed several weeks ago, but this late bloomer came out just this week.




There are 8 ducklings left from the 12 that hatched, and they follow Larry around all over the farm. When he's not here, they're devoted to me -- when I have a bucket of feed in my hands!



It took a while, but Millie & Boss no longer chase Viola (aka Miss Kitty) up the tree. As you can see, they have become good friends.

More catching up

Caleb turned two before we went to Florida, but we never had time to celebrate, so we had a little "party" for him.
Collin is 8 years old today, so we went to their house this afternoon to give him some presents.


Pop really liked Larry's "new" pickup. He said if he had one like this, "it would make my tail laugh!" Whatever that means????

Catching up

Amanda and Jeff and family and Jeremy and Kimberly and family and AJ and us all went to Florida last week on vacation in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. We returned Saturday in time to greet Jason who is passing through for a couple days on his way to a m conference in NC. Mimi and Pop came on Sunday to visit for a couple days.

Pop, Jason and Jeremy and Papa worked on some projects around the farm. Jason and Jeremy and the kids enjoyed some fishing. Cheryl did a lot of good cooking. Mimi cleaned out the flower beds and everybody had a great time.



Smith's and Gilbert's Visit/Surprise Party


Alton and Sherry visited us Sunday through Tuesday, and Al and KK were with us Monday through Tuesday. They were here for a surprise birthday party for Larry on Monday night, and he was totally surprised. Yes, I am writing and I admit that I had no clue about what was going on. It was a great party. Cheryl, Amanda and Allison conspired and rented the local skating rink and prepared lots of food. The party had a sixties theme, and, yes, Cheryl and I both skated. I only fell twice and once was with Jordan when I first got on the floor and the other was during the race when I was trying to grab AJ and hold her back so she would not beat me! No, I was not sore the next day!