Summer fun.

My Sweet Husband had a great idea.

We took my Tacoma up to haul the tubes.

It is a comfy little pickup truck.

Just look at him, can you imagine how peaceful this is?

There were a lot of other people with the same idea, 

that is OK, it is a big river.  

It is really hard to stay stressed when you are out playing with someone special.

It is good to be a kid! 

We did this last summer too, but I did not get any photos.

This year I decided I better, so I can share.

Hope you find a little time to play too.

Cheers,

Kat

Last little bit of summer.

It is starting to cool down a bit here at Kat's Corner.

The temp got down to 55 F last night (about 13 C) and a few of our leaves are starting to change.

I have been looking forward to this for a while, but before I settle down and enjoy it, I wanted to post one last tribute to Glorious Summer.

Yet another post about our trip to Boston. Sure seems like a crowd is starting to form, I wonder where they are all headed on a Summer's eve? Check out the pretty sky.

There is a lot of excitement in the air. If feels like a festival.

Everyone is in a great mood.

 Fenway park! When the Red Socks started to outgrow their lovely old stadium, they got creative. They rearranged under utilized areas for more seating and found a way to preserve their home.
From what I understand, they did not ask for any tax payer money to do it either.
I took this photo but you can bet I am smiling just as much as my Sweet Hubby here.

I can't believe he managed to get us tickets!

I am most certainly not a big sports fan, but Baseball, I can enjoy.

Especially a live game. I can remember playing the game when with Pete, Paula, Tammy and Terry when we were kids (when we could talk Pete into playing). Did you know you can play baseball with only four players? You can if you are kids and you are determined.

 See I told you I was smiling. Excitement before the game started. These seats did not stay empty.  At one point in the game, they put the number of fans present in the stadium as over 37,000. That is a lot of peanuts and beer. 

 Isn't this a pretty picture? Love my camera!

We had great seats. The Boston Red Socks played the Tampa Bay Rays.

We rooted for the Socks of course.

 Peanuts! Popcorn! Cotton Candy!

This guy was loving his job.

David Ortiz just got through hitting a good one here. The game started out badly and the Rays quickly pulled ahead. Mr. Ortiz here is one of the reasons the Rays did not get to stay ahead. He is good.
I told you I used to play, I wasn't any good. Quite seriously, I am not coordinated enough. We broke one window at Tammy and Terry's house and one at my house playing ball. I did have a lot of fun.
Never tried out for any teams, but of course I played in gym class growing up.

Scott Atchinson is the pitcher in this shot. Can you feel the excitement?

I got to watch a lot of live games while I was in the Air Force. My favorite was the Annual

"Chief's vs Eagles" game at Charleston Air Force Base.

The Chiefs (Highest enlisted rank) played the Colonels (their rank insignia is an eagle).

Some of those old guys could really play.

I always rooted for the Chiefs of course.

This is Fenway's "Green Monster". Fenway Park will celebrate it's 100th birthday in 2012. They still post the score by hand on this board. Their is a big screen up high and to the side that shows player's stats and other things during the game, but the score is right here.

The Red Socks won of course, 11 - 5.

I was a kid again that night. I yelled and screamed so much my throat hurt.

We even sang "Take me out to the ball game" and participated in the wave.

I would strongly recommend that kind of medicine.

I am smiling again just thinking about it.

We don't have a major league team locally, but we went to one Charleston "River Dog" game a few years back. Augusta does have the "Green Jackets" I wonder when their next game is? 

Cheers,

Kat

p.s. Go Socks!

If you go to Charleston SC...

Hubby and I went to Charleston SC this weekend. As usual it was great. It is hot and humid in August. The temp was 95 F. That with the humidity is a whole lot hotter than 95 F in New Mexico. However; once you get downtown in the historic district, the ocean breeze improves matters considerably. So dress cool and casual. Put on your comfy shoes and lets go.

Parking is free on Sunday, but not Saturday. You can find some free spots on the battery and occasionally near the Aquarium (Just off East Bay). We got one of the rare spots by the Aquarium.

Shortly after we left the car, we saw a pelican soaring over head. WOW! How can something so silly looking on the ground be so graceful in the air? Of course he was way too fast for me. Sorry no photo.

From there we walked down towards the market. I have heard it referred to as the "Slave market" but slaves were never sold there. In the bad old days, slaves would man the booths. If I understand it

correctly, some slaves lived on their own and were allowed to trade or sell their own products in return for a share of the profit.

We stopped at several shops along Market. They were all doing a brisk business and many were particularly generous with their samples. We feasted on bites of spiced pecans and pralines from a number of places. Pralines are a lovely confection made by cooking brown sugar, butter, and milk together and using the result as a candy coating for pecans. My hubby makes the best of course, but of those that are commercially available in Charleston, "River Street Sweets" are unsurpassed. We also tried Gelato for the first time and bought a large Tiramisu flavored gelato to share.

Another unique treat, I tasted "Key Lime Fudge" (River Street Sweets) I know, it just sounds odd. It was really good.

From the market area, we walked along King Street for the antique shops. The fountain picture is a courtyard that is part of one of them. The area around the fountain is as peaceful and cool as it looks. There are not as many antique shops as there used to be, but there are enough to provide a great afternoon or two of happy hunting.

My favorite jewelry store, "Dixie Dunbar's Studio"

(http://www.dixiedunbarstudio.com/jewelry.asp )is also along King Street. Her designs are always unique and and to me, feel like summer. I saw two different turquoise necklaces that I really liked. This perfect piece of coral was the best thing in the store. I always come out of there inspired.

Sunday morning we had a long leisurely breakfast at our hotel. (Not as nice as Sunday morning at home, but then, I am spoiled rotten) After breakfast we attended our old Unitarian Universalist Church. We were not the only ones who felt the need to be with other Unitarians, the seats were full. Summer services are usually not that well attended.

The service was centered on music. (Uh-oh, there she goes again,). One thing that sticks in my mind is the idea of finding, or identifying a theme song for your life. Mine would definitely be "You can't always get what you want" by The Rolling Stones.

After the service,

Hubby and I tool our walk along the battery. Lovely views of the water on one side, amazing mansions on the other. I could not capture the clean, salty smell of the water, or the sound of the sea, but I took lots of photos. What a wonderful
weekend!

On the way back home in the car, we listened to "The Bridge" FM 105.5 as long as we could get a signal then "Infamous Angel" A CD by Iris DeMint.

What is your theme song?

Have a great week, Kat