The run up to graduation takes its toll on everyone, apparently.

We sent off more than 400 graduates, a staggering number. They are well prepared to change their world.

The danger of paper tablecloths …

This needed more lens compression to really work.

The evening light in our house is just spectacular this time of year.

We wandered an hour away, into a neighborhood where we didn’t belong, and scored a like-new, very high end patio set for short money. My wife is the master at these things, though how we managed to get all of it in the truck is still a mystery to me …

When we rebuilt the porch, we scoured online ads looking for the right furniture. We found some furniture, but it’s time has come. Last gathering on the old stuff, going to fetch new (to us) stuff in the morning.