Started Cooking in Summer Head, but By the Time We Finished Eating, It Felt Like Fall Was Coming (Shhhh)

With a short-lived time in Syracuse, and the only weather day of the week with full sun, Wednesday needed to be a barbecue and pool day (although the pool day was short lived because of doctor's appointments). Still, there was time to grill scallops, mushrooms stuffed with lobster, steak, asparagus, potatoes and assorted vegetables. All of it was delicious and wonderful...

...except a strange wind came up and blew my father's giant umbrella inside out (the one that protects the back patio from the sun) and that was that. The metal bars were broke and the item destroyed. I was at the grill and missed the entire thing...snap of fingers fast.

Today, the goal is to vacuum the second half of the pool, to help my father with the broken umbrella and to do whatever other chore needs to be done around the house.

Mom and dad are exhausted. The day without naps did them in and they conked out rather early last night.

There's still more vegetables and meat to grill and perhaps I'll be able to do that tomorrow for them so they have that after I leave.

Also, so wonderful to have another dinner with Rhiannon and to be able to see her at least once this summer - we were slightly able to keep the tradition alive, albeit too short without a Connecticut trip this year.

I guess I'm beginning to taste a new school year creeping upon us - the inevitable can't be avoided, although I just got to turn the chapter of the last year as a result of summer programs. Well, it's time to rethink them all over again and to inhale for another academic year.

Phew. It goes way too fast.