a weekend in the country

a few times a year we pack the boys and the dog in the car and head upstate to spend a weekend with our good friends at their country house.

along the way we get to stop at the cute roadside fruitstands and pick up some fresh fruit from california.

and while the local fruit wasn’t quite ready for us, as you can see below, the local animals were ripe for the pickin’.

there’s nothing quite as relaxing as just hanging out with friends.

shuckin’ corn.

playin’ games.

and takin’ pitchurs… (see the kountry is growin’ on me)

cole and his good buddy maddie -

miles and his pal mason -

turned out, the blueberries were in season so we got a couple of buckets of “pick your own.”

and some great old trees….

this one below is like a “where’s waldo” – where’s miles?

as much as we love living in the city, getting out periodically is a necessity for maintaining one’s sanity.