Carrie's Weekend

Carrie's friend Jason came down from Cornell for the weekend.

They went into Philadelphia for the day on Saturday. They went to the Philadelphia Zoo then to see the Liberty Bell. Dinner at the Hardrock Cafe and on to the Philly's game.

He seems like a nice kid, with one major flaw, he's a Yankees Fan

Note: 'Yankees' and 'Fan' are separate links.

Carrie and Jason. Liberty Bell in the background. Click to enlarge. 

John and Nancy's Weekend

Typical, John on his tractor mowing and I mucked pond algae.

While I was mucking a sick fox came and stood about eight feet from me and wouldn't budge. He came around several times during the day acting strangely. He is very thin and his gait is off. Mange or Rabies??

We had a nice evening last night with Vince and Denise, we had dinner up at the pool.

Polly's Weekend

Polly went sailing with her friend Gabrielle and her parents, Vince and Denise, on Sunday. It was a beautiful day and by all reports they had a great time. I'm hoping Gabrielle took some pictures to post here. Polly forgot her camera.

Polly's classmate Ransom had a pool party for the class on Friday. I swiped this picture from Gabrielle's website

Class Pool Party. Click to enlarge  

New Cousins

Alexander and Brandon were born August 2, 2004 in San Antonio Texas to Shayne and Marina Elliff.

They are my Aunt Nancy's great-grandsons and my first cousins twice removed.

Adorable

Note: If you click on the names Shayne and Marina you link to their pictures.

Twins. Click to enlarge. 

Great Minds Think Alike

Carrie arrived at camp this year with her brand new Vera Bradley pocketbook. It turns out Grammy has the same pocketbook. A few days later KC arrived and what do you know, the identical Vera Bradley pocketbook.

I wish I had thought to get a picture of all three.

The infamous pocketbook 

Construction Update

The roof is done. Most of the windows are in ( three had to be reordered ).
The front door is installed ( Ken Hakin the guy who made this door did it in 4 days) Amazing, he did a beautiful job. Very rough framing for the pantry.

Everything looks great, we are really pleased.

windows. click to enlarge 


Front door and transom. click to enlarge 


roof. click to enlarge 


pantry 

Aunt Sue

Aunt Sue came to visit last weekend. She wanted to see the girls before they leave for school. It was great to see her.

I would post a recent picture, but she wouldn't let us take one. so here is a picture taken in June.

Sue at Polly's graduation 

The Love Shack

Well not really. This is our chicken coop.

Also known as project # 234
Estimated date of completion June 15, 2034

The links here are cute, especially in the picture title

Chicken Coop. Click to enlarge 

Pat

Pat is our horse. He arrived at Braefield Farm in summer of 2001. He is a Chestnut gelding, half Quarter Horse and half Thoroughbred.

Janet Nichols kindly gave me the following pictures.
Janet is Pat's adopted mother.

Pat. Click to enlarge 


Pat having a rest. Click to enlarge 

At Valley Forge

Jean Humpreys and Janet Nichols took Sailor and Pat to Valley Forge Park. Janet kindly sent me these great pictures.

Sailor has been at Braefield farm for two years, he is an Appaloosa gelding.

Jean and Sailor. Click to enlarge 


Janet and Pat. Click to enlarge 

Grateful Dead

Carrie and her friend Jason went to see to the Grateful Dead in New Jersey last week.
Apparently it was raining for part of the show, but the Deadheads' didn't seem to mind.
Jason is Carrie's friend from Cornell. He is studing Industrial Engineering and Business there.

Carrie and Jason. click to enlarge 

Update on projects at Braefield Farm

The roof on the addition is partially complete. Roofers have been held up by rain.

The painting of the Tenant House (Jim and Margaret) is also on hold because of rain.

It was quite a sight watching John, Jimmy, and Polly all mowing the large pasture together today with the tractor and two riding mowers.

John and Polly also worked on the fences Saturday and Sunday.
Unfortunately it starting to look as if we will need to replace the fence line along the drive as most of the posts and boards are in bad shape.

Waialua

"The 1899 Waialua has remained in the Evans family ever since John J. Evans purchased it in 1916. Five generations have now enjoyed the Squam "camp", located opposite Kent Island"

Quote from "Squam" by Rachel Carley

Waialua is Hawaiian for Sweet Water.

Waialua. Click to enlarge 

Sabrina

Returning from Sunday morning service at Church Island.

Sabrina, a vintage Chris-Craft, has been at Waialua since it's purchase in the 1930's by John's Great Grandfather.

Bapa, Grammy, Jay, KC, Aunt Anne, and Uncle Corky. Click to enlarge 


Underway. Click to enlarge 

At the Table

Great food and lively discussions !

Bapa, KC, Aunt Anne, Grammy, Uncle Corky, and Nancy. Click to enlarge 


Jay, Uncle Corky, Polly, John, Aunt Anne, Kelly, Carrie, and KC. Click to enlarge 

Sunset at Waialua

View from the porch 


Sunset  

Carrie and her friend Kelly Flynn

It was great to see Kelly. This was her 8th year at Squam and as always it was a pleasure to have her there. Thanks to Kelly for the Prides Crossing Confections.

Carrie with Kelly Flynn 

The Eagle has Landed

Well, not really, but I was lucky to get a picture of this eagle as he flew by the dock at Squam with a fish in his talons and a seagull on his tail.


American Bald Eagle Click to enlarge 

Baby Huey ???

That's our boy!!