oceans of work . .

 chanda and i were in connecticut for friday night and then on saturday we drove home, picked up greg and drove out on the island to work on getting my mom and dad's house ready for the renter.

 we got to the beach for a short walk on sunday . . and then worked all day . . 

 my sister picked this umbrella up from the christmas tree shop. we've been through two or three already . . one my mom didn't like, one was the wrong kind (a beach umbrella rather than a deck umbrella) and one broke (that was last summer when we were out with morgana). i hope three is the charm! (Actually, this is four, isn't it . . ah well . . )

 clearing out papers and pictures from the big monster secretary in the tv room . . 

 a drawer full of keys . . which actually contained one we needed!

 my mom's wooden shoes that she wore on her family's farm in northern germany in 1938 or 39, right before world war ii started.

moving boxes of corner cabinet tchotchkas . .

clearing out the card game drawer . .

 dismantling the table to take downstairs . . the renter has her own she would like to bring. thankfully, she was fine with using all the dishes and silverware. after packing up a bunch of books from the front shelves, taking down pictures from the walls and clearing out the two pantries and the linen closet, i wasn't looking forward to also packing up glasses and dishes from the kitchen cabinets.

dinner was herb's chicken with all their delicious salads: cole slaw, potato, and macaroni . .

 waiting to go to john's drive in for ice cream . .

dusk . .

the peepers were very busy peeping . .

and getting ready to head west again monday morning . . 

back in the big apple again . . but now i'll take korrina to see my dad tomorrow . .