Sticky and swarmy.

Morning!

I hope that the weekend has treated you well and good.

Here it’s been true humid summer, but no problems.

We hung on the deck Friday night. It was hot, all right. But with double umbrellas it is totally doable. Despite all the mature leafy trees in the back we still get sun on the deck and with that it gets unbearable hot. But, double umbrellas to the rescue.

Saturday, Peter and I took a walk (I really cannot call it a hike) in Mason Neck State Park.

We’ve been there before. It was ten years ago, and that time I had an infection in a tooth and all I remember from that time is how miserable I felt. 

This time, no infected tooth—but still, MISERABLE! And why is that? As soon as we started walking in the woods we got attacked by horse flies. Like, so many of them.

 

In this pic you can almost see how hot and humid it is.

This is a bay off the Potomac River,  Belmont Bay.

This looks so serene and peaceful, but the horse flies were a bitch!

And you walk thru swamp lands deluxe.  The enviroment is perfect for all kinds of flying bugs.

Am I right? 

Turtles hanging out.

And some lovely wild flowers in the marschland.

On the sandy beach I found this seashell.

And the water is warm,  I would have jumped in if I wore a bathing suit.

I would have liked to be out on the water as well.

I am kind of jaded and used to having to deal with annoying horse flies. 

Yes, we do have so many of those flying monsters by our summerhouse in Ostrobothnia. But this was new level bad. We got SO attacked that we had to cut the walk short.

It got better when we were at the water and had a nice breeze going.

But, no … One has to walk this state park in the winter, fall or early spring. It is very swampy, and next to the Potomac River. Hence all the flying annoyers.

But the evening was lovely as we hung on the deck. 

Peter grilled shish-kabobs (grillspett) and we hung out until it got dark. Then Peter watched the US  soccer game starting at 21:00 our time, I did not.

All right, signing out! It is time to tackle a new week.

Also, I should document my weekends better. I hardly take any pictures when we are puttering around here at home.

SO fun that Sweden won the soccer game against Tunisia on Sunday night.  I was a bad Swede and slept, despite the fact that the game started at 22:00 our time.  

However, it was nothing short of amazing to see how people in Sweden gathered in the middle of the night to watch the game.  The parks, where they broadcasted the game on huge screens in Stockholm, were packed with supporters, SO fun to see! 

Have a good one all y’all!!