(My warm thanks goes out to all the writers

in this month's Haiku Kukai,

and especially to Josh Simerman,

for the use of this image under a Creative Commons license.)

Now We Walk In Beauty

It was a beautiful day.

This little lit-up walking dude had a good idea.

So did this one, but we weren't quite up for rowing,

so we went with a walk.

Lake Carnegie.

Beautiful every day.

He's got the whole lake in his hand.

Beautiful berries...

... beautiful boy.

Thanks again for the hand-me-down

binoculars, Grandpa and Nana!

(Hope you all enjoyed your day today,

wherever this finds you.)

Remember South Carolina?

I am apparently still in denial about the fact that my sister now lives in... South Carolina. And I had a crazy-busy summer. STILL, these pics have been hanging around for WAAAYYY too long now. So here's a little blast from the past...

Nina loves Mr. D, episode 264.

(Remember when she really, really, didn't?)

Miss C has put her dog-whisperer skills

to good work already,

helping to get gorgeous pups like these

ready to be helper dogs.

Go, C!

T continues to draw up a storm.

(Mr. D explains, "She's who I really look up to,

as an artist.")

A well-laid table and some pretty dang goodlookin' kids!

Did someone say, "Funnelcake?!"

Mostly, we just hung out in Lake Murray...

... or near Lake Murray...

... until it was time to eat again.

(Sigh. We had such a nice visit!)