. . home again

m and c and i have been in connecticut for c's swimming lessons. we just got home this evening. it feels nice to be back and to have jack up to his old tricks again . .

. . and to catch up with korrina and see how she and james are doing . . and how her play (untitled) is coming along. the performance is tomorrow and she's been busy in rehearsal all week . . doing re-writes, getting props and costumes together, setting james up on audio, and working with her director (who she's been so happy with). i've been going through emails and photos and i better get some sleep now. i said i would make french chocolates tomorrow morning for cast and crew . . ahem.

old sturbridge village

it was a bit of a grey day, so we almost didn't make it out to old sturbridge village this morning. but chanda had brought her special dress to wear that korrina made for her last halloween and i knew she would be terribly disappointed if we didn't go . . so off we went . . and weren't we surprised to find out that it was free day! the place was packed with people! it's usually so quiet . . ay yi yi . . . it was mobbed . . but i'm still glad we made it there . . and of course everyone thought m and c worked there. we had a nice day playing tug of war, watching a shadow puppet play in the old barn, walking through the freeman farm, and viewing a special sampler exhibit.



the samplers were amazing! they recorded birth dates, marriage dates, death dates. the one above is from the late 1700s. i loved imagining the families behind all the stitches . .

the ducks

there are strict rules at the marlborough town lake, about NOT feeding the ducks. however, it's difficult to follow the rules when they steal your chips right from under you! this mama was particularly bold and we had to watch she didn't nibble our sandwiches right from our hands! her youngsters were incredibly cute and would just march across our towels looking for crumbs.

the triathalon

after swimming, biking, harry's, and swimming again at our friend's pool, we cheered adam and his friends on at the triathalon. they first swam around a float in the middle of the lake, hopped on their bikes and rode twice around the lake, then ran once around the lake. it was very exciting and m and c had a grand time running back and forth in order to see everyone come in and go out again.

harry's

we probably would have biked all the way to the end of the trail if it hadn't been for several bikers getting very hungry. we stopped at harry's for lunch . . a place we visit at least once every summer with our friends (donna used to work here as a teenager). i had fried clam strips . . one day i'll splurge and get them with the bellies.

biking on the rail trail

after the morning swim lesson, we met our friends and went biking on the rail trail. we went a little further than we usually do . . and rode down to the marshy area that reminds my sister of the cape cod trail. it was very pretty and made me homesick for the cape! i don't think we'll get there this year. hopefully, next year!

swimming lessons

c had private lessons all week as the girl who was attending in the first week dropped out.

she did laps for her back stroke, elementary back stroke, crawl, side stroke and breast stroke.

and she rested in between.

actually, we didn't just rest on the sand! we also did our laps while chanda was in her lessons. morgana and i and aunt kathy worked up to four full laps (eight back and forth). we hoped to go with c if her teacher took her to the raft . . but she didn't this year. maybe next.

everybody in the pool