Chocorua in September

 

Theo returned to Chocorua to visit friends and family in Maine

 

 

Christina at her computer.

 

And to host the storytellers...

 

 

 

on the porch,

 

 

 

enjoying the sun, 

 

 

in Saturday night finery,

 

 

 

intently painting small lamps

 

 

 

with tons of color and pattern. 

 

 

 

Thanks Chocorua!!!

 

Chocorua Summer continued... 

 

In June the mosquitoes were terrible--David used the electric racquet to zap them.

In early July Theo and Gwen went to see "Damn Yankees" at the Barnstormers.

Gwen got a stylish haircut in North Conway.

Cozy women.

Mojitos on the dock.

In  August, David took Gwen back to Panama to start middle school while Rachel and Simon and Theo stayed in Chocorua for three luscious weeks.

While Rachel worked and Theo painted, Simon was very resourceful swirling around the lawn finding wonderful surprises like this yellow-striped spider,

 

enjoying his I Pad and the new Hot Spot, 

and taking occasional naps.

 

Rachel and Simon gave me a wonderful birthday party on the shoulder of Rattlesnake Mountain--a total happy surprise for me!!

 

A good-by to Chocorua, leaving the blue Volvo in a precarious (but safe) position. 

 

We met Rob Bethel at a restaurant in the North End of Boston the day before Rachel and Simon returned to Panama, Theo to Burbank.

Cozy mom and son.

Chocorua in July

Rachel, David, Gwen and Simon came to Chocorua in mid-June.  Sam, Jess, Maddie and Max came for a week in late July. Theo was there most of the summer.

The week that all were there together was busy and fun:

The first evening--grand kids reuniting and playing games, of course!

 

 

 Lots of lake activity.

Celebrating Max's 10!

Suiting up for the challenge of Monkey Trunks.

 Enjoying Sam's super amazing Super Nachos!

 

The grand kids climb Mt. Chocorua for the first time! 

 Parents scramble up with them.  

Theo climbs halfway.

The iconic peak selfie.

Summer's End

 

A wonderful summer in Chocorua and, as fall comes,

 

the dahlia loves the colder weather and is still blooming

 

as are the strawberries. 

The spider on the kitchen porch is furiously preparing for winter.

The King snake on the porch sheds her skin.

Purple asters, Toby's mother's favorite, blooming.

Apples turning red and sweet enough to eat.

 Crickets abound.

But the afternoon shadows lengthen on the lawn.