These few pics are of my two very good friends, Julia & her mother, Lisa. I believe I wrote about them earlier this year when I said that I was mentoring Julia in Quantum Physics and Advanced Differential Equations. She has recently completed 4th grade and ended the year with a 100% on her final spelling test which included words like Australia and Antarctica. I don't think I was even reading until ...... still learning how to read without using my finger to underline the sentence. Don't laugh, I know some of you are doing it right now as you read this blog.

I've attended and enjoyed several of Julia's soccer games. She is by far the tallest one on her team and defends the goal with great tenacity. Two of the photos above were taken during one of Fond du Lac's largest festivals, Walleye Weekend. Until it got rained out, the day was beautiful and sunny.

The tag-team lawn mowing was due to a recent wrist surgery that Lisa had performed. She is off work for at least a week and most likely with limited duty for the next month. Some of you might wonder why the two of them were mowing lawn and I was taking pictures. Those that know me aren't surpized a bit. I truly believe that I am allergic to labor. Nor does the picture of me working with my brother Pete to fix a leaky window well. As Pete puts is so well when asked how long the job will take. "If I do it myself, maybe an hour. If John helps, then more like 4 hours."

Cole is the name of Julia's prized grey kitty. It has been a blessing to meet these two young ladies and it gives me pleasure to help them out when I can. Really! Not just to sit in a chair and take pictures. I even think Lisa took some video to have proof that I do help, but somehow it might have been erased. lol