Fair and Family Backyard Fun

Summers are super!  The State Fair brings food and animal fun!  Hanging out on the patio and in the pool is cool!  Tenting and a campfire in the backyard is good times!
Krissy and I ate our way through the fried tomatoes and pickles and various other specialties of the State Fair. We roamed through the barns getting our fill of the dog drill teams, baby pigs, pygmy goats and Percherons. We even viewed the two-ton Indiana cheddar cheese sculpture. (below) It was a lovely day at the State Fair.

To top off that day, there was another backyard extravaganza at Tim and Jamie’s. Friends were visiting, eating and having a lot of laughs.  Jamie’s very fun sisters, Emily and Mandy, and their children, put up the tent for the boys to sleep out (photo) after all the kids had their fill of swimming in the pool.  Below, cute little Sage is really becoming a water bug. And Luke put his hand to making a fire the old fashioned way, but he eventually said “I took Tim’s way.”  There was a big blaze in the fire pit in no time and the kids were enjoying their hot dogs and smores.
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Hiking Among the Trees and the Art

Exercise is good for me, right?!  Krissy and I (Nancy) chose a day of her vacation week to go for a four-mile hike in the woods and a three-hour walk through the art museum.  Emma was along for our hike and loved every minute of sniffing the trail, watching the squirrels and wading in the creek. But laying down in the creek wasn't for her at all! She sprang right back up and wouldn't even sit after that. Just toooo cold on her belly!
Fort Harrison State Park is only a couple of miles from our house - a beautiful place to spend a 70s summer day.




Oh yes, we also stopped after our hike to walk through an old cemetery located in the Fort, dating to the early 1800s.  We both like just poking around, looking at the old tombstones.

Then, after cleaning up a little and leaving the dog at home to nap, we headed for a favorite Greek restaurant.  Some spicy feta and a Greek salad revved us up again with energy for exploring the Indianapolis Museum of Art.   We roamed through the American and European paintings and sculptures, the ancient and decorative art and some interesting prints and drawings.  There was much more we didn’t get to, two floors in fact.  But we were happy with our dose of art and ready to call it a day.  

Part of the fun of the day was the transportation for our activities around the city,  Krissy’s new Honda Fit, just one day in her possession. Great ride! 




My legs were only a little sore after all the miles we covered by foot. What a fun day!