Just like last year, the guys in our family headed to Baltimore for a weekend of baseball. This time to see the Yankees, who are universally hated by most fans in the country unless, of course, they are from NYC. The series was split and professor was pleased that finally after a dry spell, the Orioles might be in the series. . . . .long time until October, but hope springs eternal! 
Camden Yard, one of the urban fields in baseball. Enough baseball.. . . the girls from Troy headed to Skaneateles for the Lavender Festival! The men were happy to miss that so it all worked out well. 
Of course when there is a summer festival of any kinds, there are vendors selling jewelry, lavender creams, food, and even lavender iced tea. One of the tents held a mom seeling lovely glass jewelry and her teenage daughter was doing henna tatoos. The girls were enthusiastic. 
She was doing simple elegant designs. I had had my hands done at a wedding in India just days before we left so my family had seen it when we arrived home. The henna tattoos last from one to two weeks. On the way back to Albany, we stopped at Wegmann’s the world’s most wonderful food market and their mama bought a book and bottle for the henna mix I had brought from India. What fun to share this with their friends when there seems “nothing else to do during summer vacay!” It was a hot day so the three girls took a dip in the Skaneateles Lake which is clear and very cold. It is the source for water for all of Syracuse, a very large city nearby. 
This shows that there is no beach just a swimming area near the center of town. This is an image from the public domain of a swimming race.
All were hungry so we decided to visit Doug’s Fish Fry which is very popular and very tasty. On Friday night, the traditional fish fry night, the line is continuously down the street for most of the dinner hour. We decided on Saturday night when it was more accessible. 
Friday night line at Doug’s. 
Standing in line to order and large family table seating. 
Delicious fried fish and onion rings! Next day, we were off to Aurora another small lake town where Wells College is located. It is filled with lovely large old colonial homes that are inns and antique shops. We ate at the lunchroom connected to the bakery that produces the delicacies served at the Inn. I definitely want to return , stay the night and explore. 
A stroll near the lake after dinner. 
Notice the moon, though it looks tiny and far away. This was one of the nights when it is nearest the earth and looked huge! Hmmm . . . .
Another weekend, with three generations of Bell females having fun and making memories!
Some images from public domain
Have you been to a lavender festival? What things do you like to do on a summer weekend? Would you prefer a festival or a baseball game? How do you make family, multi-generational memories?
TalesAlongTheWay 
Lovely! I love the henna tattoo designs 🙂
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They are great! I am bummed that I don’t have a picture of mine in India. It was at a simple home the night before the wedding. We were taken by our faithful bus driver. I had two women, one on each hand sitting at my feet on the floor. They just do it quickly with all the experience they have. Next we went outside into the street…side neighborhood street, and line danced. . . wild experience. These are the best memories for me in India that we had so unusual for tourists!
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Oh wow! How amazing!!
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I have to get this in here…..GO A’S and for that matter. GO GIANTS! hahahaha
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Guess what professor LOVES Giants because of Willie Mays!! We actually saw a spring season game in Scottsdale AZ once! No connection to A’s though!
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Cool! I saw Willie play once when I was 4 or 5. I remember being at Candlestick Park and my parents telling me to scream 2-4, 2-4! Fun to go to spring training. We’d like to do that sometime.
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Spring training …..of course. I was searching for that world . You can tell I am SUCH a fan! I love AZ and Scottsdale is marvelous…shopping and restaurants. . .
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Scottsdale is beautiful! I’d love to get up to Flagstaff sometime.
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Oh “Flag” is professor’s fave! He just wished there was an architecture program at NAU! Great Italian Restaurant “Pasto ” in Flag. Also go to Winslow . I will send you my Winslow post !
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Oh cool! I’ll look forward to seeing it. 🙂
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Winslow is also the setting for “Take it Easy” by the Eagles!
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Oh! I see I had liked this post! haha. I remember it now. It reminds me of Santa Barbara on steroids LOL. Neat tidbit about the eagles song. Thanks for sharing this!
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https://talesalongtheway.com/2014/04/14/music-monday-take-it-easy-the-eagles/ my friend!
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You betcha. Thanks!
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Take me out to the ballgame.
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Yep. . .. you are a guy!! Oops….sorry for the gender stereotyping ! 😎
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Believe it or not, but during all my years and beers (and foreign far east asia ports), I never got a tattoo.
Loved the photos. Love lavender.
Lovely post.
Cheers,
Lance
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Well, you know it is still not too late!!!
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Excellent point!
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And I am fading fast. . . . not too bad.. . . I think! Cheerio!
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To sleep; perchance to dream…
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Lovely. . . . you win!
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🙂
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Just wanted to say that for our generation , tattoos were a nonappealing mystery , no matter how “wild” some of us were !
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I have tried everything (twice), save the tattoo thing. Not my ‘thang’, ya see…
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Well not mine either and I was very happy and relieved my kids didn’t want or get them. I don’t think I would have been welcome by my VA family ! But when I see bodies covered as much as I can see anyway. . . .I can’t take my eyes off and have terribly many questions about the whole thing!
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Whenever I saw a chick (woe-man!) in So-Cal avec tats… this song always presented itself…
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Laughing out loud! Yep! I am in the mood! Hahahaha
Happy Sunday to you my Friend!
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Back atcha. . . .
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Love that song and arrangement with the big band. . . I wanted so to see the play, but had to be satisfied with the film. Now will remember your silliness when I hear it!
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Ha! My silliness is well renown…. is that a word?
Re-Known.
Known.
The known unknown?
The unknown known?
Who said that?
Oh yeah, that dude whut worked for George the Younger…
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I am thinking that your first question is rhetorical. . . . . renown is indeed the world you were searching for , but I think you know that already !
I am curious about the second reference. . . .I am not from Texas and thus not up to date on all things George the younger. . . .
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I was speaking of ‘The Doubya’. He is imfamous down here.
Perhaps you have heard of him?
He took us (the US of Us) into an unnecessary war. I was there… but just for the money–and for the ‘Good Works” we were gonna do…in my case, building water-treatment plants for the third-world rurals. Alas, we did not provide them the technology to sustain, maintain…they mostly just got looted.
Don’t get me started on the vanity of all that, that we possessed…
Love,
Lance
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Yes, mistakes we are still suffering from. I actually knew you you meant doubya but I was curious by who said what in your play on words. Someone who worked for him?
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Rummy
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Oh Rumsfeld. . .. a name from the past, indeed!
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We can only hope: past!
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I just him up and he is still living , but remarkably silent in the news.
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Thanks are a terrible mess in the world now. It is scary.
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Diana got it right when she campaigned about the unexploded land mines…
Maybe you have seen my post on same?
“If you don’t mine, it don’t matter”
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I will check it out. I try to stay up on reading the blogs. . . but I don’t think I saw that. Will go and read it now. .
Thanks.
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I am a N. Young fan (cannot you tell?)
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I can . . . .
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I’m gonna shut up now.
Probably I have said too much.
Thank you for being my friend.
And for listening.
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It is all good. . .
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…In the hood….
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Then again…
All wars are ‘unnecessary’, and THAT from a military veteran, from Tejas, no less….
Go figger.
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You probably know this already but the Native Americans have a great mystery. It is matriarchal and I am not a feminist or not very radical……The clan mothers choose the chief, the chief rules, but back when they were fighting, it was the clan mothers who decided to go to war. l do think that there would be less wars if women made the decision. You?
But I was surprised and pleased at the truth and strength to power that Samantha Power spoke to Russia through the UN on Friday compared to the president’s weak response.
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Of course I have been ‘following’ the recent news cycle out of the Ukraine (and the mid east). I agree with you on the woman-as-head-of-state. But then, I remember the Yom Kippur War…and Goldy Locks Meir. She hesitated and Israel had to be bailed out my Nixon!
Oh the Horror!
I may be swerving into a tangent (and great fodder for future posts!)
Thank you for that!
–Lance
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You have such incredible experiences , a steel trap memory, humor and terrific writing skills. You should write about all the stories from our past for the kids who know nothing. . . . .
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Naw.
Nobody likes a ‘downer’ these days…
But thanks, thanks, and ever thanks for your kind words.
I do hope you, you, yes, you! explore some of my musings. Some of them warrant reading.
Cheers,
Lance
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I have read some, I know that. Where do you suggest that I begin? What are your fave?
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Shonnie story
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started it. . .
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🙂
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Wow, I love lavender. What a great idea for a festival. Thanks for sharing. Good photos. Hugs, Barbara
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It was fun. Not as spectacular as the lavender in Provence….but it was lovely! I do sound like a lavender snob now don’t I? Thanks so much for the comment and reblog as well. Lovely!
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Great post and lovely photos, thanks for sharing, annetbell! 🙂
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Thank you for stopping by. I hope you will visit again soon and often! Anne
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