Seabreeze rocks....

Sitting in the breezeway of the cottage...

Woodchuck Granny Smith Cider beside me...

Cool seabreeze tussleing my hair I relax on the coast of Maine...

The wife is at the pottery store (Shocker!)....

The babies be sleepin'

The teen and tween are rowing across the cove...

Does it get any better than this...?

I submit that it could NOT!!!

R.

Requiem for Menkus..

I haven't been able to do this but I need to...

Words cannot express what your companionship has meant to me these many years.

You have enriched my life far beyond capabilities I thought possible and you were as loyal a friend as any I have ever had.

I can only hope that I added to your life half as much as you added to my own. You were never just a pet, you were a member of the family.

There has never been nor will there ever be another cat like you, you were truly unique. Now you have departed, gone to your peace, leaving nothing but cherished memories. You will never be forgotten.

Menkus

1993 - 2008

I love you!

-Robert

The countdown has begun...

Only 4 more days! The Lombardi family Vacation 2008 is slated to start this Friday at 7pm. We are again headed to East Boothbay, Maine. The venue is a seaside cottage where you can hear the gulls and the tide. You can smell the salt air mixed with the scent of balsam fir trees. I have every intention of reacquainting myself with the stars as the viewing from the shore is spectacular! Last year I was floored by the view of the Milky Way and how prominent it is in a clear sky.

I do have Internet access from the cottage, so there is a chance I will write dispatches from 'down east', but I will not make promises!

R.