Sometimes when I am getting into the 1959 Morehouse wooden boat to head off to dinner on a perfect summer afternoon, I look back towards the docks and cottages and boats and friends at Farley's Point and I am just floored at how lucky we are. This little place is such a gift to our family. Two weeks of ease and relaxation, of living simply and eating well, surrounded by family and our wonderful Lake friends... I know Jack and Ivy are growing up taking all this for granted. But I know I never will! Grateful for every moment...
Grateful for a lovely dinner at the Wheelhouse to celebrate loads of good news-- Lauren's Masters program and Johns Hopkins, Matt's acceptance into grad school as well, and Lulu's successful surgery with clear margins! It was hot as blazes but we drank cold beer and enjoyed the patio anyways.
Grateful for sunsets over glassy lakes. Can't get enough of them.
Grateful for beautiful gardens. Here's Winter in her namesake "Winter Garden," part of the utterly charming Cornell Plantations.
I could have wandered the herb garden for hours.
The kids not so much.
But they were troupers and even trekked over to Bebe Lake...
...and Ithaca Falls...
This is the face of a girl who was NOT happy to have slipped into the creek up to her knee. Muddy shirts do not please Ivy.
But trampolines do! The kids bounced for about an hour at Laurie's house while the grownups caught up in the air conditioned kitchen. Grateful for old friends and bouncy fun...
Grateful for date nights! Nat and I went to see a show at the Merry Go Round theater, which is actual inside the housing for an old carousel.
Emerson Park was utterly charming and felt like a step back in time.
The show was cute and very well staged, even if not our favorite musical of all time.
And Nat got to reminisce out on the old playground, even if the Rocket Slide isn't there any more.
Pretty little Owasco Lake.
Grateful for connections and horses! Claire hooked us up with a tour of Ledyard Farms, home of Ledyard Morgans horses and about the loveliest farm I've ever had the pleasure to wander.
Gorgeous horses abounded.
I love watching my animal - loving boy commune and light up around horses. He insists he does not want to ride, but also said he could see himself working at a place like this. Me too.
Of course Ivy was in her element! Her Lake-bestie AND horses?? Best morning ever.
Loving my new phone camera. My photos have never been this good.
We all loved Bowser the cat.
Heaven on earth on a cool cloudy morning. Look at all those tall kids.
We got to spend lots of time over the whole trip with Reese and Drew, our Lake neighbors, and they are such terrific kids. They're lucky enough to spend most of the summer at the point with their grandma, and we're lucky enough to borrow them from time to time. Ivy and Reese, born 6 days apart, are at the age where "best friend" happens fast and hard, and they were absolutely inseparable for two weeks. Jack gets along surprisingly well with little Drew, 6 years old and fearless and sweet. It never hurts to be hero-worshipped.
And Winter has her own Lake Bestie, Rae, who is just her age too!
Grateful for scenic views and local brews and time with my honey. It's easier and easier to leave our kids in the care of the Point at large and run off for cocktail hour or shopping or whatever we need. We were happy to be able to visit and support the Aurora Brewing Company, which has one of the best views going.
Grateful for Lulu's porch. Site of so many delicious meals and so much socializing in the wicker chairs... Lulu treated us to pulled pork and fresh picked raspberries, and Ivy set the table...
Grateful for the Park and the next generation. Any time of day at Farley's you can look over at the park and see a scene something like this. Kids of all ages, playing and hanging out together. "Mom, I'm going to the park!" yelled to the accompaniment of a closing screen door... This summer there was plenty of swinging and a lot of secret fort-building, as well as a fair amount of Instagram. The babies are growing up for sure.
Grateful for sunset boat rides, even when the lake is a little rough.
Grateful for every moment here in our happy place.
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