miluki-piluki: A Summery Summary

Yes, we know it's autumn and all that, but as usual, linear time has a habit of running away from us. Your Faithful Blogger has managed to catch her briefly here, and will give you (perhaps not so?) quick run-down of our glorious 90 day weekend.

First stop: south of the border, the Catskills and a brief side trip to Massachussetts (Mudzuks was at 'sleepover camp' for 2 weeks while Mamuks, Papuks, Dzudzuks and Vecais sniffed the mountain air, visited G&Z on the coast, and headed back for annual sucking of our Little Thumbs... hence scant evidence of Sister #1 [and so begins her life to which her parents will no longer be privy... a very weird feeling.]).

In the outskirts of Boston

And on the coast at Crane Beach (scorching sand, frigid water! a marvellous combination)

(Papuks clinging closely to his prohibited floaty toy)

Back at camp...

Vecais and his buddy Talis; Dzudzuks, Matiss and his fish fingers; pie Dzena ezera (on the mountain lake property of the guy who apparently made his fortune inventing those plastic bread tie squares)

Talis, Peteris and Vecais - Just Say No to the papparazzi!

Robin Hood and Dzudzuks

an engrossing conversation

More Dzudzuks pie Dzena, taking in the mountain air

happy camper

happy camfire-ers (although Dzudz finds it all a bit of a yawn)

Finally, evidence of the "Big Camp-er"!

Next stop: Waffles, Moules&Frites and Bureaucracy! Off to Belgique for a long overdue sojourn with the Outlaws!

A Brussels breakie:

About town

Cafe lifestyle

The Obligatory Windmill:

Technopolis!

The Knight's Challenge!

Cousins galore...

And chuck in some grandparents, too

Arrival in the Ardennes

The famous Bois d'Ardennes (to be joined by the Swedish meatballs)

Historic villages

(Vecais aka Robin Hood thinks he's died and gone to Hood Heaven)

Cabaret!

Mamuks and Tante S finally admit that there may indeed be some family resemblance...

But Papuks and U-ie aren't even related... (?! who called whom?)

...and add in Onkuls Gaga for good measure.

Bigs and Smalls, of various varieties:

Picnic in the orchard

Tante I and her trusty baker-helper

and even more trusty taster-decorators

Papuks and the ladies

Last stop: Bay of FUNdy (that's an old and tired joke. From an old and tired person, I guess.)

Lots of hiking!

and rewards for good behaviour!

Lots of beach! (record warm temps in the Ol' B of F - a "balmy" 17 degrees!)

VJ's amazing porpoise rescue!

And VJ and his two youngest lovelies:

Pimp my ride.

And seeing as Papuks had never been to Hali, Mamuks, Papuks and Dzudzuks did a quick side trip to pick up Tante S and stop in on Tante P. Here's Dzudzuks dipping in the tannic lake waters at Purcell Pond in the Haligonian burbs...