Summer: NH, Thurs. 7/22

A mostly nice-weather day. I did a grocery run early in the morning, and then after a long morning of breakfast, reading, and math review, we went to the creek--the swimming hole side. Farrah does not care for this side of the creek and sat close to me on the ground most of the time. She did explore the creek a little bit. Greta went deep into the swimming hole, wearing water shoes. Lucia, wearing rain boots, tried to balance on a fallen tree and, of course, wound up with her boots full of water. 

Then they began bickering about taking doll pictures and we went back to the house. We spent some time at the pond, and then Andrew and I got ready for our dinner guests, cousins Sandy and Peter. We ate outside. We'd hoped their calm, tolerant dog would serve as a kind of mentor for Farrah, but Farrah proved to be inhospitable to a new dog on her turf, and alternately sniffed and barked wildly. 

This was the first night it was uncloudy enough to see some stars, so once our cousins left Andrew set up a blanket behind the house to look at some constellations. The blazing full moon made it hard to see too much; we'll try again tomorrow.