Despite predicted continuing rainfall, Friday was a beautiful day just as Haley’s mother Emily had predicted!
We settled in and took off to explore Winthrop, a beautiful New Eangland coastal peninsula 1.6 miles in size, My brother Bruce , his wife Linda, their daughter Laura Jean, Haley and I took off for a hike on Deer Island and saw a cruise ship heading out to sea.
Haley in the backyard of the family home.
My brother Bruce and his wife Linda ..
Later that day we celebrated Linda’s birthday
And then the preparations began for a New England 4th of July beginning with patriotic fingernail painting by the girls 
