T Stands for This and That

Hi everyone. Another week has flown right by and it is our first T for August over at Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog.

I hope August isn't quite so hot as July was.  Here in new Hampshire we had 17 days with the temperature over 90 degrees (32 degrees C). That is a lot for us, and my AC's have been getting a work out. Thankfully back in May we bought new ones for the bedrooms that are really energy efficient and also really quiet. 

I received my ATC for the T day 7th birthday swap from Chris this past Saturday.

I came in this beautiful card.

And included some fun bits and pieces. I can see some tags that will be useful with Alison's challenge at Art Journal Journey.

Thank you Chris for this wonderful happy mail!

And for T this week, let me share another beer from when my husband and I went boating Friday afternoon. My husband has summer hours right now which means they work an hour longer Monday through Thursday and get out at noon on Fridays. There is so much less boat traffic on Fridays that we've been going out then as long as the weather cooperates.

I am back to the Switchback Ale again. This is one of our favorites.

I have a bunch of boat photos I will share with you another day.

Our other new tradition this summer is we get ice cream for Sunday lunch.

I once again had the strawberry cake crunch which was yummy!

We spent some time during the rest of the weekend at my mother-in-laws. This was the first weekend my mother-in-law actually came down to the dock all summer and socialized. My mother-in-law is 86 but due to some health issues has lost a lot of her muscle mass, and she doesn't have a lot of strength to move around.  We can sit outside more than 6 feet apart on the dock and socially distance chat or hop in the lake for a cooling dip.

Sunday when we stopped by my sister-in-law and her husband and their newish rescue puppy Murphy were there. He is a cutie.

This is my brother-in-law holding Murph.  They have had him about 6 weeks now and since he knows us (and our dogs), he gets pretty frisky and excited. He is in time out here. My photo looks close it is because I had it on zoom when I took the photo. Now my dogs like to smell him and then move on as he is a little too playful for them, now that they are mature.  Well in their opinion. They can be pretty frisky still but being 6 and 7 years old a young puppy is more than they want to deal with.

And lastly, I love the color of this lily flower  blooming in my garden.

It came as a surprise because I forgot I had one this color combination. (I have a lot of daylilies as they like my yard. If you are going to grow something you might as well pick what grows well.)

That's it for me. I am writing this Monday night, and they say rains and wind  from the storm Isaias will be hitting us tomorrow. We can use the rain, but too bad since my daughter has the day off and we had planned to go explore one of the local state parks. (New Hampshire parks are open but for most in my area you need advance reservations that limits the number of people by limiting the number of cars that can park.) Oh well. We have scheduled a couple of beach days later this month so hopefully the weather will cooperate for those!

Have a fabulous T day.