Summer

Ahh I love summer. We are in probably one of the most beautiful places in the lower 48, and a lot of people have never heard of it. Shhhh don't tell.

 Or friends, Betty and Tony invited us over for hamburgers this week.

This is their view looking south. As you can see the weather was threatening,

but we sat out on the deck for a drink before dinner anyway. How is this for poor photography? Tony is waving and hiding Tom's face and Betty's face is camouflaged by a pink petunia.

Betty hasn't plated her flower garden yet, but as you can see everything must be fenced off, because of the deer.

Even the flowers on the porch have a cage over them.

They also have a fierce mountain dog... Skippy

and frisky Landry, who has to be tied to the porch, since he tends to run away.

We ate inside due to the threatening weather. I sure like their dishes with the fish on them.

We ended the evening with brownie pie (that I made) with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.