Category Archive: Summer

17 Jul

Summer, Happy 4th of July!

July 17, 2018 at 8:09 pm By kmgraybeal 1 Comment
27 Aug

The Big Step

It feels like weddings are all around me at the moment. From various planning stages to actual events, they pull me to a place of great joy and excitement. Our…
August 27, 2017 at 10:56 am By kmgraybeal 2 Comments
21 Aug

We’ve had a pretty wet summer, coupled with amazing heat. I stumbled across these toadstools on one of my morning walks last week; find them rather interesting and quite unlike…
August 21, 2017 at 6:09 pm By Honoré 1 Comment
17 Aug

Can you see it?

…actually, can you see them? Don’t ask me what I produced at my job today, please.
August 17, 2017 at 8:28 pm By kmgraybeal 1 Comment
14 Aug

Lookey, lookey!

Three weeks ago Brin took us to AutoMax to look at cars because our good ole van finally stopped running for good. Brin had car shopped about a month before…
August 14, 2017 at 10:55 pm By Laura 4 Comments
04 Aug

Christmas in July…ten days later

Our celebration of Christmas in July began as an accident, of course. Kate and I happened upon an announcement from QVC – of all places – about the “early” purchase…
August 4, 2017 at 6:41 am By kmgraybeal 2 Comments
22 Jul

Fifer’s Customer Appreciation Day…

…aka their Peach Ice Cream Day. A 37-year tradition, Fifer’s will be filling cone after cone with this perfect taste of summer all day on August 12th. Festivities abound…from bluegrass music…
July 22, 2017 at 9:06 pm By kmgraybeal 1 Comment
13 Jul

Embrace Your Geekness Day!

Owning it!
July 13, 2017 at 10:22 pm By kmgraybeal 1 Comment
11 Jul

The 4th of July…

…you know…that fireworks celebration before Katie’s birthday. Let me explain. We were a resident Park Family for well over a decade; during that decade, both boys were born and all…
July 11, 2017 at 7:44 am By kmgraybeal 1 Comment
10 Jul

Junk-a-what?

I didn’t grow up celebrating Canada Day or Independence Day. The historical significance wasn’t drilled into me in history class. In the Bahamas we celebrated Independence Day when I was…
July 10, 2017 at 8:45 pm By Laura 4 Comments