Idyllicized

Wife and I Yesterday

There may very well be a better way to spend a beautiful New England summer day than enjoying the company of good friends at a gorgeous lake home but that’s a very tall order. We joined the neighborhood mafiosos to journey west into the wilds of Leicester and Stiles Reservoir for an afternoon at the summer home of another set of friends. They were fabulous hosts and even had a 12 year old black lab who insisted on being part of the group.

The Lake House

Wife with the Mafioso

Front Yard

Our Fabulous Hosts

I still have some of the best childhood memories ever from my vacations at Uncle Bud’s cottage on a New Hampshire lake and my mind always wanders back to those happy times when I find myself at a lake front home. My mother in law chose to stay home so this was an all too rare (lately) opportunity for strictly couple time. As mentioned above, the weather was nigh on perfection as we sat on the elevated deck and soaked up the spectacular views of the lake. While the scenery was remarkable the true value of a day like yesterday was the time spent with close friends. We’re all of an age that we’ve shared the better part of a century’s worth of history which lends an almost family like connection.

With Mafioso's Husband

Wife and Freind

Down to the Beach with a Dog and a Beer
Heaven

Dog went for a Swim

Good Deck Times

I’d driven by the lake dozens of times since it is close to our old place in Charlton but never had the opportunity to spend any time there. They had an expansive, well shaded lawn which we moved down to once the sun burned too bright on the deck. After the hectic past few weeks it was the perfect stress free interval that was all kinds of restorative. It was also good to spend time with an undistracted Favorite Panamanian who didn’t have to worry about entertaining relatives for a bit. As the sun sunk into the pine trees we were reminded of another aspect lake/country living as the mosquitos launched a determined attack. This is the sole advantage city living has.

We FaceTimed in the First Blog Reader who had just returned from her own party where media reports indicate she once again dominated. She seemed unimpressed with the lake surroundings as we tried to show her and much more interested in couch diving into her pile of stuffed toys. In a move that dug even further into my heart (something frankly I did not consider possible) she had insisted to her mother when she got up yesterday morning that she had to speak/see “pa”, her name for me. So I started the day off with that and finished it on the above described lake – idyllic, indeed.