It's Been A While....

No, I'm not channeling Aaron Lewis from Staind (despite the Longmeadow connection). Just stating the obvious, really. Haven't blogged (or read my favorite blogs) in forever.

Not for a lack of things going on around here. We've been quite busy - weddings, birthday parties, trips to the Cape, weekend drives, Saw Doctors concerts.... Just somehow haven't found the time or gumption to actually sit down at the 'puter and write about it. I feel it returning slowly, so I thought I'd dip my toe back in the water by sharing a few pics from our recent adventures.

More to come soon....thanks for sticking with me....

Another fun weekend!

For those of you who live around here, you know that Saturday was one of the nicest days we've had in a long time. The sun was shining ALL DAY LONG - not a drop of rain - a perfect day to hit the road.

We headed to the Berkshires to have lunch and then head to Mount Greylock. We had lunch at one of our favorite places out that way....

After lunch, we took a nice leisurely drive through Monterey and Tyringham. It was a gorgeous day, and the views were just spectacular. We stumbled upon the Tyringham Cobble, 200+ acres of forest and meadows (cool story about it here).

We drove along the outskirts of the reservation, found where it crosses the Appalachian trail, and ended up near this stream we love.

The road we usually follow near that stream was closed, so we headed another way, only to find some of the most beautiful views ever. This one is someone's private residence....must be nice.

We ended up back in Lee, and decided to make a quick pit stop at the outlets. By the time we were done, we were pretty pooped, so we decided to save Mount Greylock for another day. We headed home for a brief nap, before heading out later that evening to the Italian Festival put on by the Mt. Carmel Society in Enfield.

I was in my glory, surrounded by people that reminded me so much of my Italian heritage and family. The music was great, the food was fabulous, and the people watching could not have been better.

OK, of special note here are the meatballs. I'll go out on a limb and say I make a damn good spaghetti sauce, but I've never really made meatballs that taste the way I like them to taste. These were unbelievable - some of the best I've ever had. Why can't mine taste like these???

For dessert, we had a delicious cannoli, and while we waited in line for fried dough, Matthew demonstrated that he likes Italian music just as much as he likes Mexican. See for yourself....

We had hoped to go back tonight (because there were actually a couple of things we didn't eat on Saturday!) but the weather just didn't cooperate. You can bet we'll make it a point to go again next year.