Let it blossom, let it grow

Our first garden has apparently picked up on our lazy summer theme, it's taking it's sweet time, but we have had some yummy zucchini and a great cucumber so far. There are several watermelon slowly growing, a couple of cantaloupe, and some baby ears of corn. Since it's the first time I've ever tried, I've made a few premature cuts and am trying to be patient....

No, Jack isn't growing extra arms - that's Harry behind him

Jack actually learned that zucchini are delicious....

....and Harry's lemon tree experiment is off and running - hopefully one of these two will make it!

Eric Clapton's Let It Grow

so sweet in so many ways

The boys and I had breakfast last week, and they tried dipping their chicken in honey. While no one really liked it, it led to a 'sweet' discussion:

Jack: You know sweet can mean several different things: sweet, love sweet, sweet, sugar sweet, or sweet, awesome!

Harry: And it can mean suite, like a hotel!

It's been fun and crazy this summer, and I'm still digging through vacation pix - hope to get them up soon :-)

Happy Birthday to Dean's mom - good talking with you this morning, and Jack is in a better mood ;-)

Marvin's Gaye's How Sweet It Is

From HARRY to Eternity

The boy knows how to pose!

Frank Sinatra's From Here To Eternity - it's a hinky cover, but has some cool video from the movie's iconic scene

It's a sweet life living by the salty sea

Frolicking by the waves - we lucked out with a beautiful day. While this is the most crowded 'our' beach has ever been, the pix remind me how lucky we are to have such a gorgeous place to play!

Harry making sand angels
The boy takes flight

Jack always likes to try out new games with Daddy

Harry practicing his snorkeling - latest goal: scuba diver!

Body Surfing

The chase is on!

ZBB & JB's Knee Deep

a little Heaven on Earth

Arriving on the ferry

Reflective Ahabs

Even paradise can handle a toy or two

We've been sitting in this spot for over a dozen years....it keeps getting fuller!

Sun-kissed Harry

Happy Jack

It never gets old

Willis Gupton's No Walmart on Ocracoke

won't take nothing but a memory

My beloved gramma called them precious memories, and I never really got it until I watched our own babes moving through life at warp speed.

2007 - age 3
2011 - age 7

Miranda Lambert's The House That Built Me

There's a feeling I get when I look to the west

We heading back to the island on Sunday. Since I still have pix from 2009 trip in my to-do folder, I thought I'd try to do better this year.....

Friendly seagulls above the ferry

Stairway to Heaven?

Ferry men

Do you see what I see?

Land ho!

Cheesy tourist shot

Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven (1971 live version, 10.3 minutes)

but still we remain, side by side

The boys really did step up their game for the wedding last weekend.....I interrupted them while they were checking to see what the rain was doing to the cows and horses at their grandparents' house before leaving....

and Harry tried his best smile before realizing....

that goofy sad faces might be the way to go!
Jack was in a playful mood all afternoon, but Harry wasn't falling for most of his tricks.

They posed a lot that day

and waited pretty patiently.

Not sure if it was the attire or the setting, but I kept thinking I should start a file of pix for any future presidency runs ;-) They stuck together through thick and thin.....

...even during the tough times!

Martin and Lewis's Side By Side

If that ain't what it's all about

The boys have been tagging along with me on several projects this summer. Jack has been especially helpful, and it makes me so proud to watch him loving the work!

He's lifting his own body weight there - he helps me bag the food, put about 20 bags in the car, and unload it at the local free clinic. He loves to organize the shelves, pack the bags as efficiently as possible, and do more than his fair share....Harry, otoh, just likes to look pretty and take credit for all Jack's hard work when the ladies praise them ;-)

Amy Grant's Helping Hand