Photo this week are of some of the cut flowers from the front gardens. The black eyed Susan's are finally coming together in a really large bed and it only took 7 years to get there.Jo traveled to New York and New Jersey on Wednesday/Thursday enjoying the Garden state and the steamy weather we were enjoying early this week. I used the time to get in a long weekday run to bolster the training for the distance run later in September - see below. We haven't been up to the garden for several weeks due to the disappointing wet weather at the beginning of the year leading to poor crop yields, and the fact it was a bit wet last weekend - again see below. So we aren't holding out a lot of hope for the few remaining crops.
This weekend, we enjoyed a day of rain on Saturday compliments of tropical storm Danny. No real wind associated with it, but lots of rain 2-4 inches. This made for a great indoor day for both of us as I caught up on a few indoor chores - planing down a door so it would close and sharpening the mower blades as a few - and Jo 
completed some computer tasks that had piled up for her. We then spent the remainder of the day either buried in a book - me - or working on an upcoming presentation in Wisconsin - Jo. For the evening we went to dinner with Stuart and Tiffany in Stonington and then back to their house for several rousing games of ping pong where Tiffany and I came the closest ever to beating Stuart and Jo (yes in over 15 to 20 games, we have never managed to beat Stuart and Jo). The evening was a great compromise since we had originally planned to take their boat to Abbott's for lobster rolls - but Danny's rain but a damper on that plan.
completed some computer tasks that had piled up for her. We then spent the remainder of the day either buried in a book - me - or working on an upcoming presentation in Wisconsin - Jo. For the evening we went to dinner with Stuart and Tiffany in Stonington and then back to their house for several rousing games of ping pong where Tiffany and I came the closest ever to beating Stuart and Jo (yes in over 15 to 20 games, we have never managed to beat Stuart and Jo). The evening was a great compromise since we had originally planned to take their boat to Abbott's for lobster rolls - but Danny's rain but a damper on that plan.Today, we got up and managed to get in 2 hours of running to continue to ready ourselves for the distance run. We both felt pretty good although the rest of the day has been spent with us hobbling around a bit as our legs are sore. If we can maintain our current training level we should be fine come the 13.1 miles. Then it was off to do a few more chores - put away the power washer for the year, caulk a few cracks in the house, and other odds and ends. Looking forward to another exciting week of work and then Labor Day arrives with a few days off - Yipee!
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