She’s just made to spend time at the beach– in the sand or on the rocks. She goes with her friends. She goes with her family. Rarely does she ever turn down an opportunity to spend time basking on the shore.

The Banana and Mr. TOF brought Cousin Katherine back from their trip to North Dakota for Camp Aunt Rachel. It was a short camp session, filled with all sorts of obligations to work around, but Cousin Katherine is a flexible girl with a good attitude, and we managed to squeeze…

The Banana and Mr. TOF were in North Dakota visiting Grandma Kathy, and Dr. Peds was working at the hospital. The Devious Snail didn’t want to join us at the beach, so just Peanut Maximus and I headed to the sandy beach for the first time this year. The sand…

We started the morning early with donuts in the bathtub before Mr. TOF and The Banana left for rowing. Peanut Maximus wasn’t so sure about getting into the bathtub with the crew, but as soon as I handed him a donut, things were jolly. The donuts disappeared fast. After the…

The Tall Ships visited last weekend, and on Thursday a few of us went down the beach next to the Rose Garden to watch them circling about on the Lake as we at a snack-lunch. There was a brisk (but manageable) breeze, and it was pretty neat to watch the…

This is my second cousin Scott and me! I’m holding Big Bird, and Scott (always known to me as Scottie) is holding Cookie Monster. Some of my very first memories of life that I can clearly remember involve Scottie, who as a child was one of my very favorite people…

My camera goes a lot of places with me, and the other day we ran into these beautiful roses in full bloom growing on a chain link fence next to where we parked to go to the beach. They were so lovely. But here are some images that I didn’t…

Dr. Peds and Mr. TOF were driving back from baseball in Iowa, so it was just the three of us at the beach. It was the warmest night at the beach so far this year, and the temperature was absolutely perfect. Earlier in the day there were some thundershowers, so…

So much imaginative pretending is happening around here! The beanbag is a swimming pool and his underwear is a swim cap. Anything long and skinny is a baseball bat. Oven mitts are baseball gloves (although Grandma Kathy found him a preschool sized baseball glove at a garage sale, and it…