After weeks of rain, the weather decided to cooperate. In fact the weather was almost too good with the temperature at 85 degrees on Friday, 90 on Saturday and by noon on Sunday it was approaching 93 degrees.
The plan this year on our dock was to have a pot luck dinner on Friday night before the fireworks. Everybody brought something and that's always fun.
We erected a big Taylor Made umbrella on our back deck to give us some shade. Friday afternoon our dockmates amused themselves with numerous boat visits and chats in the shades of the umbrellas.
Frances fed some of our bread to the swans (yeah, we know you're not supposed to do that) and found that those swans have quite a snappy beak.
Our dockmate, John, mixed up some of what he calls "moonshine" and offered it around. Everyone had to drink out of the same jar and they all did. Our port side neighbor Janie took a slug. Not exactly a cooling drink for a hot day, apparently.
If you were lucky enough to have a waverunner, this was a good afternoon to go for a ride.
A local radio station arrived and immediately erected one of those hideous air-powered figures followed by a plane that circled the marina towing a banner with their call letters on it. In our opinion, we could have done without both but our marina is located around a public park so there's no keeping out the promotional trash.
Our starboard side neighbor, Louann, was celebrating her birthday with friends and she had to wear the official A-dock birthday crown while she opened her birthday card.
Dinner time rolled around and out came the food with the dock boxes serving as tables. Everyone grazed and enjoyed themselves. Our home made Chili received a cool reception but the mini-cannolis we brought from a well known Hartford Italian bakery were very popular.
As it grew dark, Tinkerbelle Casey arrived to entertain us. When not performing, Casey is the grand daughter of a couple on our dock.
The fireworks went off on time and were just fine, particularly for the little kids. We didn't take any pictures but we guess you know what the fireworks looked like.
Sunday dawned even hotter than Saturday and by mid morning, the pool was filling up fast. We're not really pool people but the kids just love it and the shade isn't bad for the parent-lifeguards either.
Next weekend we hope to head out for a weekend on Long Island. Let's hope the weather remains as good as it was this weekend but maybe a little bit cooler.
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