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<\/a><\/p>\nWhich they then execute in style: Helen provided lessons in mushrooming:<\/p>\n They found lots of them:<\/p>\n Not sure this was a mushroom, but it was cool:<\/p>\n Some mushrooms came with frogs:<\/p>\n We also found a not-frog, probably terrestrial:<\/p>\n There was a 65\u2019 dead birch tree teetering towards the neighbor\u2019s cabin, so Zack got all excited for a chance at hopefully controlled destruction (for the tree, not the cabin). That\u2019s him wrapping a control rope 20+\u2019 feet up the tree: <\/p>\n We were all relieved when it fell in the right direction:<\/p>\n For the trip back to MN, they had a really full car, but an empty trailer, so Zach loaded it down with a rubber ducky:<\/p>\n I imagine it brought lots of smiles to fellow Interstate travelers:<\/p>\n We also had good visits with Aya and friend Max. Aya\u2019s look of horror is at the amount of butter Helen loaded onto the toast (she is scared of butter):<\/p>\n We had good weather and swam every day: <\/p>\n I did a mini solo biathlon, swimming around the lake perimeter (2.5 miles, 2 hours), then running up and down nearby Mt Lovewell (5 miles, 1.2 hours) \u2026 got a bit sweaty: <\/p>\n I lost my camera. Figuring it might have slipped into a couch cushion crack, I started digging and found many years of accumulation:<\/p>\n I didn\u2019t find the camera there, but playing Sherlock Holms, I calculated one other place it might have fallen, under a kitchen cabinet. Not only was my camera there, but hidden behind a few dust bunnies I found another camera I had lost 4 years ago!<\/p>\n We attended friend Sophia\u2019s wedding at a lake on the Canadian border: <\/p>\n Helen got some help with rarely applied makeup:<\/p>\n Sophia and Lil were a very happy couple:<\/p>\n The border fence had no warning going into Canada, but once there, you could not come back:<\/p>\n Aya in the foreground and Helen is somewhere far in the background, swimming into Canada:<\/p>\n Helen has decided to sell the lake house, so we posted a for sell by owner sign while we were there:<\/p>\n That prompted a couple of options that Helen is considering.<\/p>\n Although the lake swimming is very scenic and unrestricted, the first minute can be a bit chilly at 72 degrees and I\u2019ve come to appreciate the 86 degrees we keep our pool at. At a recent pool party, we introduced some doggies to swimming:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n