I took vacation time for the whole week of July 4th. I love spending that time on the island with family and friends. Here are a few photos highlighting that week.
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| East Quarry - just beautiful! |
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| Lil Man with small fish |
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| Bon at Neuman's dock |
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| Sunset |
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| Neil fishing at sunset |
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| Wine flight at Crooked Tree |
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| West Bay |
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| Fireworks from West Bay |
Wrapping up Memorial Day weekend, lil Neil got invited to go walleye fishing with Joel on the Nachofish charter. I tagged along too. Neil was later hired to be the First Mate for the rest of the season.
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| Neil with walleye - Nachofish! |
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| Me and Bon at Dockers with the Bechtels |
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| Happy Summer to ya'll |
This is nice shot of the landscaping lights and Bon's porch plants in full effect on a nice summer evening.
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| Landscape lights dialed in |
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| Front of house beds and shrubs |
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| Back yard from the deck |
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| Walkway from driveway to pool deck |
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| Walkway from pool deck to driveway |
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| Flagstone walkway and shrubs |
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| Front side landscaping |
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| Freedom Mound gone! |
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| Flagstone walkway |
It has been nearly 5 years waiting to get the lawn and landscaping installed. This is the year. The time is now.
To commemorate this occasion, Rick and I took one last photo of us atop the last remaining pile of dirt left over from all the construction site work, pool install, driveway over-dig, etc. known as the "Freedom Mound".
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| Me and Rick on the "Freedom Mound" |
Since March, I have been working upstairs to finish painting the trim - doors and windows, including repainting 75% of the walls. Here is a photo of Sophie's finished room.
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| Sophie's room |
The Solar Eclipse from Kelleys Island on Monday, April 8th, 2024 was absolutely breath-taking!
