Trying to get in all the golf possible before the snow flies... they have random scrambles this time of year. They choose a golf course and time to meet and whoever shows up gets paired up into teams. Today was my 4th such scramble of the season and I've been on the winning team 4 times. :) Here's a shot toward the 9th hole from the parking lot this afternoon as we waited for more people to show up.

Lippizzaner horses during a training session at the Lipica stud farm in Slovenia. The trainer was very hard on the young woman who were doing the riding. One of them was on tears afterwards. Sorry the second picture is a bit fuzzy.

I've heard Igmd_gaz's bug called an assassin bug, and remember seeing them in southern Ohio back in the 1980's. It was on the list of "beneficial bugs" that we weren't supposed to kill when we were making the bug collection for high school biology class. I know their South American relatives can be some bad mama-jamas, and are indirectly responsible for the death of Charles Darwin, but I thought the ones in the eastern US only ever sucked bug juice from bugs.

Aww, thank you, summer! We've been on vacation and just returned a few days ago. Been trying to get caught up with unpacking, laundry, the mail and all kinds of good stuff like that.