Portuguese Sweet Bread

My nephew, with help from his grandfather the master breadmaker, made a couple loaves of Portuguese Sweet Bread to see if that is what he wants to make for the Martha's Vineyard Fair next month. All agreed that it looked and tasted terrific. He must have "the gene"!

Raspberry Jam making

My niece making Raspberry jam this morning under the supervision of her grandmother! This is her second year making jam and she's planning to enter it into the West Tisbury Agricultural Fair in August. I predict a blue ribbon for her! Yesterday she made Pineapple jelly which looks gorgeous and by all accounts is delicious!

Band in the making

My Dad is an incredible musician and we love to listen to him playing the piano and organ but his latest venture is music lessons! My niece is learning the piano (from her grandfather) and my nephew who has already had a year of trumpet lessons have teamed up and performed together for the first time! They had a blast and did really well! Let's hope this is just the beginning!

Menemsha

Afternoon visit to Menemsha harbor. The kids had a blast catching crabs and giant starfish and then jumping off the dock! Nothing like summer on the Vineyard!

Perfect Day

We had the perfect beach day. My cousin Molly joined us and we got caught up, worked on the Sunday NYT puzzle, had a picnic and she even went for a swim with the kids! Water is still way too cold for me! It was super low tide and she took the kids out to the sandbar way out and they had a ball!

What could be better?

What could be better in the summer than a mid-afternoon soft serve ice cream cone. On a non beach day this week we headed out to explore the island and one of our stops was at "The Galley" in Menemsha for a treat.

Conchs galore

Another great beach day and lots of treasures found in the ocean today including this fella who was sent back into the water for safekeeping!