Our weather this year started with lots of rain and warm-but-not-too-hot days, and the plants did very well; but recently it’s got very dry, and the grass and plants are now suffering! The problem with grass here in New England is it needs to survive high 90s in the summer, and then near zeroes in the winter (-20c to 35c!); I don’t think such grass exists … makes you wonder why people have lawns here! Anyway, some plants are still doing OK:
And Bridgette and the fish are happy:
Margaret and I headed out today (no MINI – topless in her BMW instead!), and joined many of our MINI friends at Howards drive-in for lunch: this was a stop I missed during The Great Ice Cream Run – organizer Robyn missed it too and so drove all the way up from NJ to join us today!
Howards had burgers and excellent fries, but better still ice-cream – and the sizes were crazy! Forewarned, Margaret & I only ordered a “kiddy” size … Thom, who pulled together todays gathering, stepped up to the “small” (but he did manage to finish it!); someone should have ordered a large, just to see how big it was!
MINIs and MINI friends everywhere, including a group picture (thanks for taking it, Brian!):
Yankee Magazine is behind the construction of an amazing 3,500 square foot “timber frame” home in Gloucester. Although the home is owned by the builder, Jeff Amero, and will be sold by him, there are tours of the home going on throughout September, and the money raised from those tours will be going to the Cape Ann Food Pantry!
