Sunday in the park

Today we went to Brighton Park to hang out and eat Dinosar BBQ.....some of Rochester's best.

also fed the ducks......

played bocce ball.......

played with Uncle Fred's Hess trucks.......

ate lots......

Lily joins the Girlies

yummy cake.

Letchworth State Park

Yesterday we hiked through Letchworth State Park, a beautiful NYS treasure that is a photographer's dream.

There are high, middle and lower falls

All empty into a gorge as deep as 550 feet.  The Grand Canyon of the East is an apt description.

We hiked up these steep, slippery "steps".

Looking down from the stone bridge

Niagara Falls.....day 2

Another clear and lovely day....where has this weather been all summer?  Began the day with a trip down Cave of the Winds where despite raincoats and special shoes we got VERY wet!

Maid of the Mist

Under the Falls at Cave of the Winds

At Maid of the Mist we got more wet as the boat we were on traveled into the Falls!

Niagara Falls.....day 1

We arrived in Niagara Falls today with the Haarhoffs.  We are staying on the American side.  Here are Keelyn, Kylie and Ella standing in front of the Horseshoe Falls.

The weather is lovely....we have finally gotten away from the heat and humidity that has been our beach summer.

The lights on the Falls are spectacular!

Walk to the nature center

Walked to the nature center this morning to photograph our local osprey.  As a bonus, this egret posed for Jim's camera......

Love this picture!

The osprey built their nest in a tree despite stands provided by the nature center.  They have raised their family and are now "empty-nesters".

HaPpY BiRtHdAy, EVA!

We always celebrate Eva's summer birthday at Aunt Becky's back yard pool.  Today was hot and muggy and the pool was perfect!

That's Eva in the sun glasses....she is now 12 years old.

Her cousins Kylie, Keelyn, Ella Layne, Jack and Will surround her.

Theatre night

Tonight we went to see Cabaret, presented by our local theatre company.

As usual, the acting and singing were well done.  I had forgotten how dark this musical is, set in the early days of Nazi occupation of pre-war Germany, showing how insidiously the persecution of Jewish people began.