My three guys at the lake

Actually, it's more of a reservoir. But superdad is doing a great job of providing fun summer times for the adorable 7-year-old and his adorable 8-year-old Belarusian brother, who is visiting us for six weeks as part of the Children of Chernobyl program. I took this picture in the afternoon when I joined them after work, and they had already had a four-mile bike ride and blown up the raft, among other adventures.

-J

My son, the carnivorous plant

Missoula Children's Theater was in town last week for The Frog Prince. We predicted he'd be a tadpole (he was a bean for Jack and the Beanstalk), but the Scoot was cast as a venus flytrap.

—J

Went on a garden tour today

Might as well start with my favorite. Wow.



We visited 7 or 8 others as well. Sadly, I didn't take nearly enough pictures of flowers--I was too distracted by stuff that looked like Home Depot ads. I did manage to fit in a picture of a fairy garden for my goddaughter (who really talks to fairies! and sends them letters!) and the pond pictures for my friend who has a ce-ment pond in her backyard and is pondering what to do with the landscaping around it. (Pun made by accident but left in on purpose.)






































And speaking of the ce-ment pond, it was looking really lovely later the same evening. Who needs to spend $15 on garden tour tickets?


—J