I can’t believe how quickly summer is going. It’s crazy to think that the kids start their sports tryouts/practices in less than two weeks. My daughter’s been busy working and they’ve both been hanging out with friends, enjoying the last couple of weeks of summer. Here are five from this week:
1. New kitten – Sunday we went to our local SPCA and adopted a kitten. Meet Blackjack. He joins our other two cats, who are NOT fans of him. He’s already brought lots of joy for the rest of us though. This is one of the rare times that he stayed still enough for me to get a picture!
2. Green Chimneys – Saturday we visited Green Chimneys in Brewster. Two years ago in June, during the height of the pandemic, we rescued two baby hawks from our backyard. They fell out of a nest in a tree and were unable to fly. Green Chimneys ended taking them in. We are not sure if the two Broad-winged hawks were our baby rescues. But we were finally able to visit. They have lots of other rescue animals, most of which are birds, that were fun to see.
3. Red Rooster – Red Rooster in Brewster has been open since the 1960’s. I remember having a mini-golf party here when I was younger. It’s been ages since we were in the area so we stopped for lunch. It was way too hot to play mini-golf, but ice cream was perfect!
4. Reading – This week I finished reading Local Girl Missing by Mary Kubrick. This was a good mystery/suspense read that had me engaged.
5. Cooking – This week our dinner menu included Blue Cheese Stuffed Portobello Burgers with Grilled Corn and Crispy Shallots. These were really good! Since the kids don’t like mushrooms they had regular burgers.
6. Watching – This weekend we watched the movie Downtown Abbey: A New Era. Although we never finished watching the season, it was nice to see them wrap everything up.
ICYMI this week on the blog:
Wednesday I posted Cooking Lately: July.
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Aw, blackjack is adorable! I am a sucker for a black cat. That ice cream looks delicious and you gave me a great idea; I’m going to go stream the Downton movie since I haven’t seen it yet and no one else in the house wants to watch it with me.
Blackjack is such a fun addition to our family! Hope you enjoyed the Downtown movie!
Look at your precious little kitten!! What a cutie! And fun that you got to visit the hawks! Hopefully they were the same ones you rescued!
Thank you! We think he’s pretty cute too! Hope you had a great weekend!