Summer days.

 We were blessed to be able to fill our barn with hay again this summer.  This year we only did about 500 bales.  That was a piece of cake for all the guys/girls that helped this year, last year we did around 1800.  Our barn only holds about 400 so last year we sold a bunch, my daughter took a bunch and then some of it was wet and nasty and still sits in a field on a trailer under tarps. 
This should be enough for my needs for the year.  I only have 10 goats I'm feeding.  My daughter has horses so she comes and fills up a truck load every now and then.  I'm very fortunate to have people that are willing to do this for me.  They have no need for the hay but they help this old grandma fill her barn.  Love my hubby!  He's so good to me!

One of our many rain storms this summer.  It's been so hot and humid!  There was a double rainbow but I couldn't get it in the picture with my cell phone.  God's promise to not flood the earth again.

We have also had many beautiful sunny days.  I love taking photos of clouds.  You know they'll be different every time you shoot. 

This was a beautiful day for a church picnic.  We all had a great time with great food.

My granddaughter and I actually spent some time at the local town beach this summer.  She is getting older(7) and enjoys going and playing with her friends.  This girl is a fish in the water!  She is an awesome swimmer! 

We were dealing with head lice recently.  My granddaughter spent time with a friend, while at her mother's for visitation, and came home with lice.  Her father, my son, got a small case of it too but we seem to have caught it early enough that it didn't get as bad as last year...same friend.  We have been using the medicated shampoo and using the comb.  I even use a hair straightener on my GD's hair and pop any of the eggs.  Burn them right up!  My husband shaved his head and we both shampooed multiple days.  We never had lice, even as kids ourselves, until last summer.  Hopefully this is the end of it.  We'll see cause she's at her mom's this week and she's with those same friends.  :-(  

My friend, Sandy, and I enjoyed going on day trips together this summer.  She has not seen much of the state, New Hampshire, so I took it upon myself to show her around.  We are hoping to maybe get to the ocean again this week.  I only like going during the off season.  I don't like the crowds.

I am going to share a few pictures from our summer travels.

 These 3 photos above are from the Cathedral of the Pines.  It is a wonderful spot with lots of flower gardens, soldier grave yards, hiking trails, a few places with benches to sit and pray and a museum of the area and the family land owners military history.  I had been here once before but Sandy had not.

 Because this was beside the main road I could not get a photo of  both the bridges .  We were driving down the road, headed to the Cathedral of the Pines and saw them.  Had to stop and check it out.  Love these historical markers.

This photo above is of Madame Sherri's Castle.  It was quite the drive to get there.  The GPS like to take back roads.  We took some small dirt roads to get there.  I was wondering if we were going to make it or not!  

http://madamesherri.com/

Love these historical sites.  It was a nice short walk from the parking area.  Beautiful ruins to walk around out in the middle of no where.

We actually ran across a sign at the end of a dirt road that read..."This is a dead end road, your GPS is WRONG."  lol  I got a kick out of that!

 The Lupine Festival was in Sugar Hill, NH.  It was not quite peek season when we were there but it was still beautiful.  There was a great gift shop and museum across the street too.  Bought some wonderful hand made items and yummy home made goodies. 

 Ahhhh, the ocean.  We love our trips to the coast of NH.  It was a cold and cloudy day.  Not the best beach day.  It was late spring that we went.  Had an awesome seafood lunch though! 

 Sandy checking out the beach at http://www.nhstateparks.com/odiorne.html  We did not go into the little museum that they have there.  I had been there before. 

                           https://www.ci.durham.nh.us/boc_conservation/wagon-hill-farm

Sandy and I have had some wonderful day trips together.  I look forward to many more.