We have been enjoying a midsummer’s vacation with my family in upstate New York. We survived a red eye flight on Wednesday night. After an afternoon nap, I was revived and ready for the new time zone. My sister lives on a small lake near the Finger Lakes region. The light was so beautiful the first night when I snapped this photo.

One of the joys of the trip has been getting to know the youngest members of the family who have arrived since I was last here. This is the newest, 3 week old Gwen.

On Friday, Mr C and I drove to Auburn, NY, about 35 miles from where we are staying, to see the nancy Crow exhibit at the Schweinfurth Museum. It was a fantastic show and a huge body of work. No photos allowed. So this is all you get. It was fun to see the museum because I have had work there in the Art=Quilts=Art show.

After a delicious lunch, we headed south along one of the small finger lakes, to Groton and the home of The Main Street Gallery which hosts the annual National Small Quilt Show.

This is a sneak peak at the quilts. The show, as a whole, was very embellished — not my cup of tea, but obviously the vision of the juror. There was work by many of my friends in the show. I saw this show 3 or 4 years ago and liked it much better.

Yesterday, was our family reunion. Here I am with my sisters:

Carole is on the left, then the youngest, Judy, then Jean and me. Judy has been taking care of her 3 year old and brand new grandsons and has dropped a lot of weight. She looks fantastic.

Here are our progeny, minus two of mine and another nephew.

This is a handsome and accomplished group of young folks, ranging from age 50 to 28. It was so much fun to see the kids running around in the tie-dyed t-shirts.

Today has been a low key day of rest and relaxation. I have loved holding the baby, reading a book, helping my BIL freeze green beans from his garden and taking a long  walk with Mr C. I took mu camera along and shot lots of cool stuff like this assorted fencing.

You can see all my photos and the tie-dye t-shirts being worn by the kids on my Flickr site, HERE.

My family does not have wealth,they are not super educated, but they have so much heart. I am so proud to be a part of them. (I wrote this late at night. Apparently, some of my family was offended by this. My intention was to say that we do not come from a lot of wealth or higher education, and our greatest strength as a family is that we have so much heart and love for each other and those who enter our midst. I am sorry if it dame across differently.)