the August that was

. . . . I just realized it's been a month since I posted anything. Part of the reason is that my personal news updates that used to appear here on Icon have been shunted to Facebook. So what I haven't posted here is that my father had a heart attack back in June. He went in for quadruple bypass surgery at the beginning of August and spent 2 weeks in the hospital. He got out last Friday, and the Archers left Saturday for a week in Northport, Maine on the shores of Penobscot Bay.

As always, Maine restored me. And it gave me lots of opportunities to see old friends and take lots of photos. We got home this morning in a record FOUR hours, thanks to running into absolutely zero southbound delays. Northbound I-95 was backed up from the Maine border, through the ENTIRE length of NH, and into Massachusetts. Those poor souls must have waited 2 hours at least. Anyway, I'll be processing and posting photos soon.

The best news of all as August winds down is that Dad is doing well, improving more each day.