At the Train Station

We live close to a place called Vines Botanical Gardens which was recently acquired by our county parks system. We've been out here many times to stroll the gardens. On some Sundays the park operates a large, model train. It's very cool!!! Here are some pictures from a day Mammie and I took Lana this summer.

Here is Lana watching the trains.

This is a picture of one of two towns. This is only part of the town. There is an extensive military depot, an airport, a river, a waterfall and more.

The towns are busy in action. Here some local rescue workers arrive at the scene of a plane crash!

Where did summer go?

We have been very busy for a couple of months and are a little behind on the blog. Here are some picture from our summer...

Playing with the cats: I don't know if you can see it, but Lana was running around the yard with super long string so the cats could chase it. Our male cat, Osiris, is also particularly fond of playing bubbles with Lana. If you didn't know it, all our cats got kicked outside earlier this summer. They are doing well. Of course, our Calico female, Savannah, is not a stranger to the outdoors and loves hunting. She frequently brings us grotesque but thoughtful gifts to the door: birds, squirrels, chipmunks, moles, mice, rabbits, and lizards. She is an expert.

On days that were too hot, we stayed inside to play. Lana started playing dress-up this summer. Here Lana picked out a nice hat for me to wear.

We also enjoyed some time with Mammie and Pops where Lana could play with the fish in the water feature and harass the garden gnomes and fairy. Maybe that's backwards, I think she harassed the fish and played with the magical creatures. Lana loves to make popcorn in Mammies movie-theatre style popcorn maker.

Lana's Big Catch

We have been very very busy the past two months and are a little behind on the blog. We did go fishing a few times this summer and Lana likes it. Here are some pictures including her first catch (which Mommy helped with). Mostly I held the pole and she reeled... even when she didn't need to reel. I would tell her to stop reeling and try to keep her from pulling in the line and then she would tell me to stop and so on and so on.