My garden was super happy this year. I got a lot of happy from looking at it everyday.Ally says goodbye to a really fantastic MPS coach. Thanks, James.Dinner before seeing Billy Joel at Fenway.I made my mom’s Beans and Potatoes about a gazillion times this summer. And it was good every time.Riley and I waiting for Dave and Nicole to go for a walk around my latest obsession, Lake Waban, introduced to me by Leah and Stanley.And speaking of Leah, she also introduced me to Volante Farms in Needham.And here’s Leah. Spent one of the best Sundays ever with her.The latest do, according to my niece Ava.My beautiful and talented cousin Debbie.My cousin Barbara. She’s adorable.Ally wins the brass ring at the Flying Horses on the Vineyard, for the 897th time.Jake and I at The Chilmark Tavern.Drink of the summer. Created on the Vineyard. Crushed blueberries, lemonade, basil and vodka.Roma vs. Liverpool, at Fenway.Cousins in Falmouth.More cousins in Falmouth (plus my sister, Joni).Family dinner with all the Lansbury clan.Queen Ava gets the royal treatment from her bro and her cousins.The prettiest mushrooms ever at the Farmer’s Market in Rhode Island.Karen introduces me to Rhody.Lake Waban Dr. Seuss trees.Candlelight dinner, Rhody style.Tomatoes at the Brookline Farmer’s Market. Thursdays were the best day to eat at my house this summer.It’s a mountain, it’s a donut, no it’s an onion ring at Del Frisco’ ‘s on the water.Jake’s goodbye dinner. Sophomore year begins.Jocelyn and Paul come for dinner. And there was cake.One of my favorite scenes of summer.Beach Riley.A moment at Jamaica Pond. And my new screensaver.
*the gratitude-a-thon 