The boys of summer — the Sea Dogs!
You know summer is here (at least in spirit, and some years in the weather….other years not….) when Memorial Day weekend arrives. Hubby’s birthday is late May, and we start the season with a Sea Dogs game. The Portland Sea Dogs are the minor league team associated with the Boston Red Sox (Go Red Sox Nation!). Now I’m not really much of a baseball fan, but I do love going to the Sea Dogs games. This is baseball the way it OUGHT to be…. where you can actually see the players’ faces without binoculars (or taking out a second mortgage to buy tickets). Our usual seats are $7 each (ayuh…about as much as the movies!), and this time we had a treat and got “box” seats, a whopping $9 each…second row on the first base line, directly behind home plate. The team obliged by hitting MANY (eight!) runs, including a homer (the arrow points to the lighthouse that pops up and honks when a Sea Dogs player hits a home run) that brought in three runs:
I don’t know that I’ll ever do a baseball quilt, but I always take “reference” photos anyway… I may just use these for practicing drawing the human figure:
It was warmer than predicted, so we had a lovely low 70s, sunny Sunday afternoon. Here is the happy couple (the row in front of us had four generations in one family including a delightful-cookie-smeared toddler, who arrived and departed at various points in the game…this was late, when they’d all called it a day):
And of course, I am always on the lookout for interesting patterns, repetition and whatnot:
Hubby’s b-day is about this time of year, too, so I made the pilgrimage to Market Basket to order his favorite: a cheesecake! I’ve made them, but they are a ton or work and cost almost as much to make (and my results are not as predictable as ordering), so here is the birthday boy’s treat:
June 12th, 2010 at 7:06 pm
Hi. Sounds like you had a very nice day. We live close to WilkesBarre–home to the minor league NY Yankees. Shall we have a friendly bet…Go Yankees. Sally
June 12th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Looks like a good time was had by all. And that cheesecake is luscious to look at. Hope it tasted half as good! Happy Birthday to Paul (a little belated …)
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June 13th, 2010 at 7:53 am
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