some scenes from late summer

there have been more days spent at the pool

-learning to dive

and just hanging out

and playing pinball

there was also a visit to 

the american swedish institute

for some tapestry viewing

we took a photo of ourselves there

on the stairs in the mansion 

and hung out on the roof top

this was during a trip to como zoo

and another day at the walker.

family reunion

on saturday we went to a family reunion 

in west-central minnesota

almost 200 miles from st. paul

it was at a mink ranch

that belongs to some of my relatives

-after touring the ranch and seeing the minks

penelope came out and said-

look, i still have fingers! the minks didn't bite them off.

there was an indoor pool-

but it was empty.

not happy about this.

after a tour of the house

my dad's cousin showed us

some choke cherry wine

she made in the 1970's-

i tried it.

penelope found a giant slide

and went on a golf-cart ride with her cousins