Penny's Larks and Yarns (P.L.A.Y): As Summer Ends..........

As any of you who drop into my blog now and then know, I tend to get busy with life and neglect postings. Summer is such a glorious time in the high country of Colorado that one just needs to be outside...fishing, hiking, mowing the lawn, painting the house...all those things that are such fun!

I promised my friend Karen I would someday post a photo of a puffin I took in Iceland in July---so here it is! (Can you believe they eat these cute little birds? They reportedly have VERY dark meat, are oily and taste fishy.) Puffins can swim underwater faster than they can fly, which explains why their main diet is fish!

The puffins seem to spend a lot of time basking in the summer sun on cliffs above the sea.

(Click to enlarge this one---then use the upper RH X to close and go on with the blog...)

One of the favorite things Marie and I did in Iceland was to take a cruise on a glacial lagoon among the icebergs which had calved off the great glacier coming down to the sea from the polar icecap. We were given a small piece of ice (from an iceberg-duh!) that was estimated at

2000 years old. It was clear and delicious!

As summer ends here the peaks have new snow. This is the view out my kitchen window toward Kendal Mountain---you may need to enlarge this one to see the new snow that fell last night. Meanwhile, have a look at my new fence built from my old woodshed and my new little garden shed---all neat and tidy for winter!

My family all came for birthdays for Finn and Maggie as well as Uncle Sam. (Thanks to James

for this wonderful family photo taken on my front porch.)

Of course we always get a little crazy when dressing up to watch the 4th of July parade! (Audrey and Finn, in case you didn't recognize them in all their "bling"!)