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To plant a bucket of seeds, first poke holes, then add rocks... 6/4

...then add dirt... 6/4

...then add seeds... 6/4

...then get water... 6/4

...then gently water... and wait. 6/4

Playground fun with friend Tyler. 6/5

Looks like some serious fun, eh? And like the making of a good nap. 6/5

The guy juggling fire at Friday music night downtown. 6/5

Dancing to bluegrass at Friday Music Night. 6/5

This must be the "right" way to dance to bluegrass, right? 6/5

It's the little choo choo dance... 6/5

Great live music in our little downtown. Love it. 6/5

Artist at work... 6/15

After a while all the colors start to look like gray... 6/15

Art requires a lot of serious thought. 6/15

He's upset with his shadow because it won't go away. Really. 6/15

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John the farmer gets a high five from his trusty herding dog. 6/19

John the farmer squirts goat milk to his trusty herding dog. 6/19

A precious moment with the milk goat. 6/19

graduating from brushes to fingers... 6/19

...graduating from brushes to fingers... 6/19

...and from fingers to hands... 6/19

...and from hands to arms... 6/19

They should have called it hand painting, not finger painting. 6/19

Or possibly all body painitng... 6/19

Waving to Calvin on the 5K route in yucky 86 degree heat. 6/20

With Julie and her dad after our 5K in 86 degree heat. Ugh. 6/20

Fathers' Day is many things to many people. 6/21

Diversity is a panda dad presenting a dachshund to a wolf boy. 6/21

Enjoying pictures at our Fathers' Day dinner. 6/21

Cat comfort. Very popular. 6/21

High chair rides. 6/21

Abby, Wendy, Smokey, and Jack at Fathers' Day dinner. 6/21

Grandpa grilling for Fathers' Day. Hmmm... 6/21

It looks like I was doing nothing, but really I cooked. 6/21

Singing grace before dinner. 6/21

Uncle Jack, Aunt Wendy, and Opa... 6/21

Strawberry shortcake dessert... 6/21

Family - our favorite kind of party. 6/21

Grandpa, mommy, gram, and Uncle Jack. 6/21

Rock chicks (Aunt Ann, Cousin Abby, and mommy) 6/21

Rockin' out. Yeah guitar hero. 6/21

Rock chicks plus Oma and Uncle Smokey. 6/21

Cat wearing. It's in. 6/21

Guitar Heroes and Heroines r us. 6/21

Neo Vons. Trapp, that is. 6/21

Last day of music class. 6/23

Last day of music class. 6/23

Last day of music class. 6/23

Last day of music class. 6/23

Last day of music class. 6/23

That's not a river, that's our street. 6/25

Welcome to our lakefront property... 6/25

This is after the water receded - it two feet higher during the height of the storm.

Gardens under water. 6/25

Surfing on the neighborhood path... 6/25

Our neighbor's new lakefront property. 6/25

Playing in our neighbor's new lake. 6/25

The big boys were nice enough to play with Calvin, and the adults were nice enough to pass out beers while we all waited to find out how long the power would be out, and to find out if our basements would flood sans power to support sump pumps all around.