Aunt G is 80 years young 

and oh what a gem.

She jumped on that machine

and took off like a rocket!

I could barely keep up with her

let alone take the lead every once in a while.

We sat around the campfire on

her son's property and had

pizza and meatball sandwiches

delivered right to the pond.

"Just turn right and keep on driving

between the corn fields, you'll find us."

 Seriously!!

Here she is relaxing just to catch her second wind.

She stayed awake to help us clean mushrooms

until 1:00 a.m. although we told her

it wasn't necessary - she still insisted.

She's just that kind of gal.

and who wouldn't love a gal like that?!

Bummin' and Bakin'

We spent a few days sharing time and laughs having a mini family reunion with some of my husbands side of the family.  They put on many miles doing one of their favorite things ~ casino hopping!  And I mean hopping! They jump in the van and visit casinos to and fro as they travel up from Tennessee, and Illinois to North Central Wisconsin .  We had a ball, won some money, lost some money, won some money, lost some money.  Final tally ~ we had some  winners and we had some losers!  But a good time was had by all.
We also visited the local park where our sweet Aunt who's 80 years young showed us how she's still a kid at heart.

What a doll!

EDITION:  When I originally posted this yesterday I forgot to add my Bakin' stuff. So here it is. While we were gone our rhubarb grew and was needing harvesting on our return.  So it was time to bake up a Strawberry Rhubarb Custard Pie and a small batch of Strawberry Rhubarb Jam; 3 jars and bowl for quick use.  The rest went into the freezer for later use.

Melon Mystery !

A friend sent me a photo stating they had a "melon mystery" ~ well you know me, I can never leave anything alone so I popped over to my Paint Shop Pro photo program and started messing around. This is what I come up with ~ I sent the photo back with this note:

"I Think I Spotted the Problem !"