August 2011

Off to Madison

Ella's Deli a fun family spot

Beautiful Wisconsin

The corn box at the County fair

And the Ferris Wheel

Sno-cone at the County Fair

Lela would ride all day

Love the carousel at the Madison Zoo

Love grandma too

Goofing with Aunt Gillian at the Capital

Out to dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Wilson

Sleeping over at Grandma Pines during hurricane Irene

Shore Road flooded

Sunset Park with under water

I wasn't going to let Irene blow the fig off the tree, so we brought in bushels.

August brought one of our semi-annual treks to the wilds of Wisconsin to visit my parental units. Highlights were the zoo, swimming and a small County fair, which featured a corn box, as in a giant sandbox, but with corn kernels, in which the kids could play. Corn is very dusty. Their favorite - the hotel pool where we stayed on the trip. Yes this is a theme. We said goodbye to Mother Barbara who has been the interim rector at our church and my boss for the last year. But we will see her again- she’s only in PA, and not too far from Dutch Wonderland. And I turned (hum, hum) years old. We had a visit from Hurricane/tropical storm Irene, and dodged the bullet this time. We only got 4 feet of tidal flooding, vs. the 10 that had been predicted if it hadn’t slowed down by running into New Jersey. Thanks New Jersey. Still lots of local road flooding and we went up to Chris’s house for the night. We only had power out for few hours, but friends were in the dark for well over a week. Just in case, I had cooked up most of the stuff in the freezer on the theory that it’s easier to keep cooked food, than watch raw food you can’t cook spoil. Chicken ala orange, fig cobbler, brisket... it was a tasty week.