Busy?

Check out this interesting article!  "The Busy Trap" by Tim Kreider

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/the-busy-trap/?_r=0

What's in your picnic basket?

Wanna Play?

Final Product

On the Porch, we arranged all the flowers for the reception tables. Here they are, all ready to beautify!

Scenes

I'll be painting scenes at the Inn, perhaps like this one.  Hmmm, perhaps I should buy more green paint before I go. ;-)

Porch!

This is the porch I'll be sitting out on for some plein air painting during a three day painting workshop today through Sunday! I learned this week that so far I am the only person who signed up...and they're going to do it anyway.  I get to stay at the Inn, too.  This is the same Inn where our son was married two years ago (August 13th). We will have our family Christmas gathering here, also, this December.

Welcome August!

nebula

peace

Stevie

Beau, lol!

strawberry cheesecake (virtually carb free)

white rain from the porch

cats

Demetrius' new animation demo

Sorry for the shameless plug, but, I'm not currently teaching or anything, hubby has a new demo posted, and one does what one can. Thanks for indulging me. ;) 

Direct YouTube link here.

Girl green, dog, river, sun

Shakespeare in the Park

M u c h . A d o . A b o u t .  N o t h i n g

Cheese Plate on Church Street

Table For Two

REUNIONS

Today I'll leave our annual Family Reunion early and arrive a little late to our 40th Class Reunion.
Gonna be an interesting and emotional day.  {{{ {{ { Please send me good vibes! } }} }}}

First one in the city

Wearin' all those grass stained jeans

Nothing is forgotten, everyone is pleased.

Someone got his hair cut

The girls have lots to say

His friends had felt more comfortable

With it worn the other way

And I don't know if I'll see you again.

 
Next one at the old house

Snow is on the ground

Photographs and wine are passed around.

Someone toasts an absent friend

Another takes his seat.

They gather round the dying fire

But the circle's not complete

And I don't know if I'll see you again.

 
Last one by the highway

Wind blows through thin smiles.

Someone made a wrong turn

Missed a joke by miles.

Someone got her hair cut

A tear is in her eye

But no one even comments

 Except to say 'goodbye'

And I don't know if I'll see you again.
~ Carly Simon, Eddie Kramer, Billy Mernit
[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/reunions-lyrics-carly-simon.html ]

Listen to the song here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8PMxhiQOdo
(Scroll down a wee bit and click on the second selection "Reunions.")

Rain

Mount Mansfield Under the Weather

Crepuscular (Twilight) Rays over the Atlantic Ocean

Arctic Fox

Photo by Brad Winn on Coats Island, Alaska
Manomet Center For Conservation Sciences, excellent Arctic blog found here:

http://shorebirdscience.org/

Neighbour's Pretty Kitty

Fence Garden (note that I've divided Rene's Bluebells so there are two plants now!)

June Serviceberry (aka Shad)

Weather !

Just had to share this screen capture!  It shows a line of storms approaching.  My house is represented by the blue dot, and I love how the rain above my location adds punctuation!  Most appropos given how much flooding we've been having.

Today Dr. Rawson, benefactor of the local Library, turns 100 years old! (We're having a party for him on Saturday.)

The photo on the left cracked me up!  If you're 100 you can do whatever you darn well please!

Rene's Bluebells 2013

Mizzen getting a Facial courtesy of sister Spinnaker

Some of the DEAN buttons our son gave us...

"I don't empower people. People are already empowered, they just need to see it."

What, me run?

Patriotic Peonies for DEAN

It's Independence Day! What are your thoughts?

Thank-you, Michigan, for the photo

Getting tired of Dean photos yet?

We still need Dean's voice

Need any Dean Buttons?

This gentleman was selling Dean buttons! He gave me permission to mention his info online so that anyone who'd like some buttons can get some.  Here you go:
                                                               Stephen Amos                                                                                                             Political Pinbacks
                                                   pinbacksvt at hotmail dot com
Apparently Stephen deals in all sorts of political paraphernalia from buttons to posters and books, and more. He is also a very active Democrat in his area of Vermont!

Happy Sunday!

Classic DEAN

Howard & Judy

Upon seeing a friend's Baby...

Seriously DEAN

I finally got a photo with Dean. :-)

It's Still DEAN

The difference between this photo and the ones I posted on Facebook is that this is full size. 
(Double click on the photo!)

It's DEAN TIME!!! Where were you ten years ago today?

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Dean


Howard, today.

Howard 10 years ago today.