Lake lounging. Wine sipping. Sunrise and sunset watching. That’s what we did over the weekend at the getaway cottage my sister and sister-in-law own on Lake Livingston in the pineywoods of East Texas. Here’s a sunrise view from their back porch.

Around 12 hours later, here’s the sunset view. Ahhhh.

We cuddled with their loving Sammy, an exuberant but lovable German shorthaired pointer…

..roasted s’mores over a campfire, and enjoyed a nice bottle of wine.

Good times with family — that’s what this time of year is all about.

If you’d like to see more of Lake Livingston, here’s a post I wrote about bird life on the lake a couple years ago.

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