Nana & Papa do Braggadocios

I am already thinking about Christmas gifts. I know what you are thinking...it's SUMMER, it's VACATION and it's WAY TOO SOON to bring up the "C" word. With our big family I have to plan now. It's still the early stages of preparing for the winter holiday. Not that I am in a hurry which makes this planning perpetuate at a slow rate. With school around the corner...again sorry folks...it's the "S" word I will be busy teaching. Anyway I found this lovely knitted washcloth pattern on http://www.purlbee.com/the-purl-bee/2009/10/3/pages-soft-cotton-knit-dishtowels.html Fun, easy and functional!

On a very hot day this summer when my daughter and my grand-dog stopped for a visit we took a walk to one of my favorite sweet cold gelato cafes in town. http://www.fratigelatocafe.com/index.html The compassionate owner provided a bowl with water to cool Rowdy.

The irony...A mother dove incubates her baby eggs while observing a crowd of people below celebrating the upcoming the newest family member... If you have a family like ours, celebrations are never quiet ones...lots of food, talking, laughing and children running here and there. In my sister's backyard patio I caught a glimpse of the nest up on the patio covering to see a mother dove peering down at us.