Summer Solstice Garden Party

Saturday was the annual Summer Solstice Party at Bartlett Arboretum in Belle Plaine, Ks. Step through the gate at the arb's east border, and you essentially step into another time and place. It's pretty magical. Nothing artificial about it.

A dinner of fried chicken is probably the highlight. At least it is for me.

We're talkin' classy here, people. White attire is requested (required) and it looks like you're at a garden party in the year 1929, not 2009.

There's a croquet tournament. I played. Didn't bring my "A" game.

My co-worker Jaime serves as official photographer and and every year shoots the big group portrait. Before that though, we had a camera duel.

Draw!

Croquet. Gin-spiked lemonade. Fried Chicken. A beautiful summer evening. Even girls dressed in white riding around on horses. Hard not to enjoy an evening like that. I keep going to events like this and I'll have to change the name of my blog to Indoor Dog.