Summer Time...Summer Time..Sum..Sum...Summer Time

NAME THAT TUNE.......There's nothing like it...summer time in the Finger Lakes...I hope everyone is enjoying their summer...


Hey...I actually heard from two FANS... Mary Ellen and Peter Bridge of Vermont...Since they are the first fans to ever seek me out...I hereby officially declare and appoint them my Fan Club Co-Presidents.....Peter called me to get my e-mail address and we chatted for awhile...I had met them in Florida this past season and they purchased a copy of my book....Peter and his wife are great people and loved the book....So being the first fans to give me a call....Congratulations Mary Ellen and Peter...That's Two....only 999,998 to go and I'll have a smokin' fan club....Thanks for calling Peter I thought it was great...see you next season at Shelly's Coffee Shop on Dearborn Street.


More great news...Book Two of Monk's War is finally finished and in the publishers hands.....Boy what a relief....Not that I mind writing....I'm just glad I could finish on time for the July deadline my publisher set so that he could get it out by fall of this year....If you liked Monk's War Volume One...I think your going to love number two...it's longer (12 Chapters) and continues the story...by its end I'm back home but still with two years left to serve...The car...OH that's the official "Monk Mobile"..02' Mustang GT with some added attractions..about 400 HP.....I like it...I like it a lot....



That's my grandson Alex at one of his baseball games....he's the one in the batter's box.....they lost but came back to win the whole tournament a few days later....Congrats Alex...He's a great catcher and pitcher...If there are any scouts out there...He is that GOOD.....





Suzy has a cat...well actually Suzy has three cats....Not my favorite pet...but I can tolerate them and I even had one a few years back....this ones name is Hunter and I couldn't resist this shot of him on the cat throw...I think he's trying to camoflage himself so the other two won't find him......








OK...Here are some more great summer time pictures....Of course we start with the world's cutest baby....First day at the pool on base in California...her dad says she did great...that is until he took her down the slide...Opps..there went her lunch...I hope the pool had a good filter....That's mom and baby before the pool party...ain't they cute...
























Went to a birthday party for my brother Terry's girlfriend Tammy...of course he had to give a haircut to his friend Gino before the party...well is was more like a head shaving...Terry doesn't cut hair he just gets rid of it...Tammy turned 40 and Terry made sure she got every candle...look at those flames...I think she got 2nd degree burns just blowing out the candles...they have a pet pot belly pig...when they got it..it was the cutest little thing..now 250 Lbs later it ain't so cute anymore...Yeh its an inside pig...they treat it just like the dog and it thinks it is one...did someone say...Oink..."fetch boy"...


Speaking of 2nd degree burns...Richard...Stay out of the sun for awhile....I know you consider yourself a true Floridian now...that's anyone who stays in Florida through the summer...but if you don't get out of the sun your going to look like a piece of bacon....Opps..my apologies to the pig....don't tell it I said that...













I visited our annual sidewalk festival with Suzy...Looks like she spoted the funnel cake booth...had a great time but didn't by anything...You saw the pictures I posted on a previous blog of my house...I haven't got one single place left for a nick-nak or for a picture to hang....But I enjoy looking...you never know when you'll find the perfect gift....like those two ceramic pigs Tammys holding in the picture above ....they go in the garden...and so does the live one....I never eat veggies at thier house...



Well time to go....here are a couple of shots down at my dock...even though its a shared by the twenty owners of property in our association...most of the time you can find it a peacefull way to end the day...I cherish my time spent there and I'm never more at peace than when I have a fishpole in my hands....

I wish for all of you....your own special place.....



Until Next Time...

Semper Fi

Monk