I Am A Horrible Blogger

It’s about time that I blogged.  I knew when I created this blog that I would be horrible at this because, except for brushing my teeth and washing my face at bedtime, there are very few things that I do *every single day.*  For all my good qualities, I am not a consistent person.

This summer has been flying past. We’ve been so busy. My camera’s been quiet most of the summer, although I have taken a few pictures out in the garden. (Some are on Etsy right now. Others coming soon.)

We haven’t been camping much, either, though we did try a great campground in Big Prairie, Ohio, over Memorial Day weekend.  There was lots to do and lots of great sightseeing nearby.  If you go, drive slowly – this is right in the heart of Ohio Amish country. If we saw one buggy, we saw 30.  (Tom called it the Amish Superhighway.)

We tried a new pizza joint this week, too.  Have you tried Amato’s Woodfired Pizza here in Delaware?  It’s on South Sandusky Street.  The pizza’s cheap but delicious. (Try #19 without the jalapenos.)

Bwaaaaaaaaarrrrp

That’s the sound the giant bullfrogs make late in the evening at Autumn Lakes Family Campground in Sunbury, Ohio, where we spent Memorial Day weekend this year.  Autumn Lakes is a terrific campground, by the way!  It’s reasonably priced ($20 a night for our tent site), and the family who owns it plans a lot great activities that are available to campers.

We checked in late Saturday evening – after 9:00 – and while we were setting up our tent by moonlight, there was a pretty good country music band playing that could be heard throughout the campground.  Sunday evening our friends joined us for a very rainy cookout, and their daughter enjoyed an animated kids’ movie at the shelter house. We saw other kids enjoying a hayride, and there was also a playground available, horses, and a little camp store with a pool table and good prices on all the staples, in case you’ve forgotten anything.  (The store also sells firewood – only $3 a bundle – and bags of ice for $1.50, both of which can be delivered right to your campsite!)  But all the best parts of our campout were free of charge – the families of geese and ducks that entertained us while we fished, the chubby bullfrog that spent the weekend in the water by our campsite (and bwarped all night long!), and a relaxing two days spent getting some sun and taking it easy.  It was a Memorial Day to remember.