Make Summer Last Forever

Today is our last official day.

Arts Beats and Eats, from the top of the Ferris Wheel

Last official late morning snuggle time

How will we spend it? Probably doing a whole lot of nothing. What a great summer it was, too fast.

Someone Somewhere In Summertime

We've been away, I would say that we have been away for most of the summer.

American Girl store Chicago

Disney week with Grandma and Aunties

Disney

Saugatuck

Home

Jefferson in Charlevoix

Greenfield Village

Malibu

Los Angeles

Our New Pharmacy

 

Nothing But Flowers

The girls made a project gleaned from the blog Rookie

We used dollar store items and knickknacks from Mimi's treasure stash

Summertime

Summer has unofficially arrived and we have been basking.

Between a Phillips girls vacation to Disney(more photos to come), a giant garage sale, and gardening and motor city chicks and end of school activities we have been moving.

Unfortunately, due to circumstances out of my control, my Ladies of Downton are leaving for a farm in Goodrich on Sunday.

Mimi working on her extensive Fairy garden

Our Ladies, a few weeks back, they grow like sea monkeys

We have so enjoyed watching them grow into gorgeous young women and I know that they will be happy with lots of land to roam.
 

Last dance continued

When I graduated from high school, I was asked to sing  at commencements. I sang"Out Here On My Own". I was completely inspired by Miss Donna. (I think Irene was too). written by Leslie"Its My Party and I'll Cry If I want To" Gore
Mimi prefers the Glee version.

Last Dance

Why would an eighth grader own this?

The Weight

When Levon passed away, I was feeling the typical sad, troubled music lover. I always feel, as I do with
my passions of screen... .OK who's up next? who is going to replace this immense talent, this nuance, this person?


I used to tell Jiejie the story of how my friend Peg and I would run to the "Norwest"  theater in Detroit to see "The Last Waltz" every weekend, all performances, for the entire run.
We were two stoic catholic school eighth grade girls, sitting in an empty theater to watch The Band.
There was a teeny store on the way that would sell us cigarettes and a six of beer for a little extra money.
We would settle in and watch for hours. I think that was our first live concert.
 I did have my propensity for Eric Clapton, but we both agreed that Robbie Robertson was amazing.
Peg's brother would pick us up from the theater and we would finish the night at Peg's house  with the "Not Ready For Prime Time Players".

When Jiej and Gabe were in high school they would watch the dvd version of the movie over and over, fast forwarding, freeze framing.
Peg and I would have truly appreciated this feature(accept the lack of beer and cigarettes).
We would have totally skipped over Neil Diamond.