Wet Start to the Summer

After spending most of this rainy Sunday inside, I finally ventured out for half an hour in raincoat and boots. I also took my camera for a few snapshots about the wet first day of the summer 2009:

Charles Riverfest

This weekend, we went again to the annual Charles Riverfest in Cambridge.

I love this time of the year when many towns and groups in Massachusetts organize festivals and Town days. Last weekend, we have been to the Greek festival here in our town, Arlington. The Greek community celebrates every year for two days with music, dance groups and ethnic food. Everyone is invited as the money raised during this event is for the Greek church in our town.

This weekend, it was the Charles Riverfest. Music, dance, food and beautiful weather - what do you want more? We enjoyed a relaxing afternoon:

Junior Prom

OMG - time is flying. It seems like yesterday that my oldest son had his first day in kindergarten, and now it's already time for Junior prom.

For us, this is all new terrain. There was a learning curve, which involved trying to find a Tuxedo 5 days before the event and remembering to buy a wrist corsage on the big day - without having it pre-ordered, of course. But we were lucky, and everything worked out perfectly.

Squirrels

How did the squirrels know about the sunflower seeds in the bottle? They even ate the plastic. Did they get stomach pain?

New England: Beach day in April!

Boston set a record today with a high temperature of 86 degrees. What better way to enjoy such a beautiful weather as with a visit at Crane Beach?

The only downside is that the magnolia blossoms don't last:

Long Patriots' Day Weekend in MA

This was a great long weekend, filled with sunshine and gardening. Here in MA, we celebrate Patriots' day every year on the third Monday in April. It's a holiday commemorating the anniversary of the first battles of the American Revolutionary war. Early risers can visit the re-enactment of one of the major battles in our neighbor town Lexington.

In our first year in the States, we went at six in the morning to watch the re-enactment, starting with Paul Revere's ride and right afterwards the battle at Lexington's green. There have been so many other spectators there that we hardly could see anything, but we got a great pancake breakfast after the battle in one of the churches in Lexington.

This year, we spent the long weekend working in the garden: we needed an extension to the irigation system and an additional fence unit. I also spent a couple of hours cleaning up, seeding and replanting. A lot is in bloom, even the apricot tree:

For Easter