BenSpark Family Adventures

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02359 I headed back to the Cape after a short nap this morning. I had worked from home over the weekend. It is just easier, I can sleep and take care of the house and all that without anyone having to think they need to be quiet. I can also avoid 7K questions about being tired. Today’s photo is of the milkweed that my Dad has in his gardens. Their house is now an official weigh station for monarch butterflies. Milkweed is a plan that they thrive on and also they lay eggs on milkweed so each year we get tons of monarch butterflies on the milkweed plants. It is actually a fairly nice looking plant and having it in the yard really helps attract pollinators. I may have to ask for some to plant in my yard for my garden.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02358 At the Sly Fox cast party Felix brought a case of Zero Mountain Dew : Summer Freeze. The flavor is Cherry Lemon Raspberry which is blue and as Chase says, “It tastes like blue.” To me it tastes like a bomb pop popsicle. I couldn’t find it anywhere but found it today at Stop & Shop, they only had 2 cases so I grabbed both, one for home and one for The Cape.

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02357 Looking for high protein, low carb snacks I’ve been eating a lot of almonds and also pickles. They are also good for sodium as part of Virta. I’m at home so I have a few choices because we brought a lot of food to the Cape.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02356 Allison and I walked along Great Bay today and we saw many painted rocks. I liked the ones we saw that looked like half bitten M&Ms. they were pretty funny. We see so many different things along this walk.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02355 One of the things that I enjoy a lot about coming to the Cape is the Walk along Great Bay. I try and do it daily if I can. It is a nice couple of miles to walk along the water. Tonight I made ribs for everyone. I was at Stop and Shop and saw that they had ris for $9 a rack. I’ve never seen a price like that before. so I got two and made them according to Alton Brown’s recipe, sorta. Allison and Andy came down today and Andy ate a bunch of Ribs, he was really enjoying them.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02354 This Summer marks Eva’s first job. She’s a teacher’s Aide at The Children’s School of Science in Woods Hole. I dropped Eva off in the morning and then headed back to the house to go for a walk along Great Bay. Later in the afternoon I got a text from Eva that the day ended early. I could come get her. Then she texted again that she was going to walk over to a new friend’s house. Her friend Max lives within walking distance of the school and they hung out together for an hour or so before I came to pick her up. Eva had a great time and was happy to find a new friend. Tonight we had a nice dinner on the back porch just Me, Eva and Mom and Dad.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02353 Today I took Eva down to the Cape because she starts her first job tomorrow. She’ll be working at the Children’s School of Science as a Teacher’s Aide for the Summer. We came down in the afternoon and had a nice dinner with Mom and Dad and Shelby and the kids.