odds n ends

... and out of them all Pops was taken by the rattle

Rooftop

Botanical Gardens

Summer & Water

For me, they just go together.

Can't have one without the other!

Cool Critter

(submission for 6/22/10 - sorry its late!)

All of us

Waiting for the sun to go down (won't happen - pic took at 11:29pm). From left to right: Fifi, Johnny, Martin with Moses, Khafre with Avenue.

flyin'

Just missed it...

They were in the process of taking the sails down when I finally got close enough to take a picture. They were quite a spectacular sight with all the sails up. Bummer!

the rains have lifted (post for Sunday June 20, 2010)

happy solstice

Oblivious

I don't know who he is, but he spent the entire game texting

ET impersonation

In an effort to clean house, I piled up Khafre's toys. Finding the pile, she reclaimed it. (She's the black one with the shiny eye!)

A spot of color

Walking a beach on the river today looking for driftwood and spotted this flower growing in the marsh thicket. It was so industrious, I had to take a pic!

"Fra" and her baby

Creepy Critters everywhere!!!

I don't mean to complain, but have you ever noticed when you don't like something you see it EVERYWHERE?! I don't kill them, so I am often forced to move them. Since I get the major heebie-jeebies, they are everywhere I turn. This one was hanging out on our soccer net today.... (yes, I am preoccupied....sorry for the repetition in pics)

ladder to nowhere

Parts

Boring pic today, but a necessary one. Broken parts from our boat - vintage 1972. What do you think the chances are that we will be able to find replacements in 2010?! Modern meets ancient, I'm emailing pics of the parts in the hopes that someone in FLA might be able to help us out....

there's no place like home

15 June 2010 - late post (oops!)

All the accoutrements...

Today is Ryan's 17th birthday. We bought him his first car a month and a half ago as his gift, but here we are on the actual day and we are still waiting to take possession of it. Ryan now has all the accoutrements for his new car, including tacky fuzzy dice (courtesy of his sister), but he is still missing the main component - the car itself.

He is clearly less than thrilled,

while Kelly is quite pleased with herself. She thinks the fuzzy dice are the absolute highlight....

Now we are ALL waiting with bated breath for this darn car!

That's a lot of grass

Every Tuesday my Dad and I volunteer at a local therapeutic riding center,

we maintain the grass in areas where the horses can't reach to eat it.

Despite their near constant munching,

it is still a surprisingly large amount of grass to deal with!

first to inhabit land after a forest fire

FIREWEED

Reflections

Halftime at Ryan's soccer game, sitting in my car playing with the camera & reflections. I ultimately had to take this through the side window or the whole reflection in the rearview mirror disappeared and I just got the parking lot & the cars behind me. I like that you can also see the faint reflection of my hand & the camera lens.

float plane wake

Worn out

After spending the entire weekend driving all over CT for various lacrosse events, I am worn out. I'm not normally a fan of watching TV, but felt the need to veg tonight. Did read a bit of my camera manual on commercials just to feel productive.

Did it to myself

I also did look at my co-photo-maker's post before submitting mine. Still intact; the finger and the agency!

Still intact for now

but looking mighty old and wrinkled

turn it on

Morning stillness

what I love about today's posts

is that the picture-makers switched roles in how they play with color!

Unwanted power

Despite my best attempts at avoidance,

I've ended up with the dreaded book.

as is

Sepia couldn't hold this stuff.

My baby is movin' on

Lightning

'at's my name. don't wear it out!

Conn College

Summer soccer has begun all ready,

they aren't even out of school yet!

the reliable subject again

Rails to Trails

Goes on forever, we only biked 12 of a 22 mile section today.

Ultimate goal apparently is to stretch the trails from Florida all the way to Maine,

like the Appalachian trail, but for bikers.

Totally awesome!

Shauna brought these flowers over for us

Shauna just finished kindergarten, won second place for math, and loves to pick flowers - yeah!!!!!

Potted garden tour

I ended up buying this one....

braodcasting

Hobbit feet

or so everyone tells me

in the garden

Happens to be a creepy critter in this pic, too. Just a small detail, didn't even see it when I took the picture.

Creepy Critter revisited

Truth be told, I get the heebie-jeebies around spiders.

However, they do fascinate me when I can view from a far.

yep, flat out our favorite diner

Back to the fail safe

Mountain Laurel just before popping,

love the shape!

Black & White?

Up into the wee hours of the morning attempting to help my daughter with her geometry homework. Kind of sad that a college math major is having difficulty with middle school math. Should be pretty easy in theory, but I find the old brain cells are more than a bit rusted in the math department. Not so black & white anymore, how depressing is that?!

(submission for 6/2/10)

last to bloom

storms to the West, blue skies to the East

The weather prophet

Long before we can see or hear anything,
we always know when thunderstorms are coming,

Zede retreats behind the toilet.

(Yes, it is 1018p and I was at a loss for a picture today - desperation pic!)