We had our usual guests over the holiday weekend and were blessed with very nice weather the entire time. The water seemed a little warmer than the air which made for very satisfying swims. The wind wasn't too high to kayak and different ones of us took advantage of that. Joe brought his new camera so we got up at 6 am to catch a sunrise and see what the morning had to offer. The food we all prepared together was excellent. We ate every meal outside on the deck under the canopy and enjoyed playing games there and lawn bocce out back.
Saturday Tony and I drove to Peconic to see a car show. There may have been a hundred entries to judge. Each car was polished down to the nuts and bolts on the engines with incredible attention to detail. Now I've never been what you'd consider a car nut by any means but when I saw this old Buick I felt weak in the knees. Our 1951 Buick Special four door sedan was very similar to this car. It played a large part in Evan's, Paul's and my youth and Bruce and Frank very likely remember it well. I believe the three oldest of us took our driving tests in it parallel parking without power steering. I remember sleeping on the ledge behind the back seat when I was small enough to fit. I hope Mom will print out one or two of these photos to show Dad. I think he'd enjoy seeing them. Perhaps they'll evoke some good memories, maybe some funny ones too like the winter when (Evan, I think) drove toward the college with a pan of fudge on the front fender placed there to cool. It made it all the way to the big curve on route 15 where it was later found in the snow half way into the Beer's front yard if my memory serves me. Nice driving Evan!
Remember the tissue dispenser?
