at the park

Boy it's hot out!  but before it got too hot we went to the park.  As I was sitting watching my kiddos ~I am NOT a helicopter parent~ I thought these shapes were really cool.  Made me think of those letter people photographed to make names out of every day objects.

July 16

happy 75th birthday

Had the pleasure of taking photos of someones 75th birthday party.  It was so much fun to be able to talk to people who know him back in the day.  This man is truly blessed to have such loving and caring friends that he's know most of his life.  We should all be so lucky.

July 14

FREE! please drink!

HAHA!  I guess the wine wasn't that good or brother-in-law didn't think it was a great wine, had to put a note on it to make sure that it got drunk up....oh and look they left a little chocolate cookie to sweeten the deal.  

July 12

Image what is going on in her mind

Image what is going on in her mind. How to escape...who are you?...what are you doing?... who are you?.... got any food?... what you looking at?.... all those things and more are probably going through her mind. 

July 9

light reflects through bottles

Love the way the light reflects through the bottles, so I took about 10 photos at different angles this one happens to be my favorite.

July 5

...and you thought it would be fireworks

...and you thought it would be fireworks.  My sister being silly with glow sticks before the fireworks began.

July 4

brownies instead of cake

Since he doesn't like cake I made brownies with ice cream for his birthday.  Happy birthday hubby.

July 2

after a hard night of gaming.

Good morning sunshine, after he had a hard night of gaming.

July 1

saying good by to a good friend

Air Force Major retiring saying goodbye to an old friend who has been there for him for many, many years.

June 29

spotted green banana

Not so exciting but weird, have you ever seen a spotted GREEN banana?  This one started getting spots before it started turning yellow.  Weird.

June 28

mead caps

Mead bottle caps all in rows.

June 25

such a crab!

met him out on a morning walk.

June 23

good morning sunshine

Like I said before; I love waking up to the sun rising over the ocean.   AND it's a good thing I'm a morning person I think I woke up at 5:20am to get this show 20 minutes later...had to get my coffee before going out to the greeting the morning.

June 22

 And yet another day where we did something beside the pool and the beach.  On this day we went to the Lost Colony and the Elizabeth Gardens.  A cool thing is they wanted to take a photo of the kids for some advertisement for the Lost Colony and the first one is what suppose to go in the local paper. 

 We had so much fun at the Gardens walking around and being silly taking in the beauty of the gardens.  I also throw in a photo of me that my sister took.

June 21

 

While we were there we just didn't lay about on the beach we did do a few things.  One day we went to Bodies Island Lighthouse, nice bit of history to learn about.  Not only that also a great place to see nature and take photos.

June 20

another morning walk on the beach

Yes, this week is all about the beach and how beautiful it is to be able to wake up and go for a walk as the sun comes up.  Good thing I'm a morning person. 

June 19

walking on the beach

Love, love, love the way this photo turned out.  love the way the being of the foot prints have been washed away, how it looks like some stopped carrying someone else....maybe I'm reading more into this but I love the symbolism of it on so many levels.  I think I'm going to blow it up and hang it on the wall. 

June 18

waves where high

Mid morning walk on the beach.  The waves where high and so was the wind.  but all wouldn't change the way the week started.

June 17

sun, sand and surf

first day at the beach for a week!  loads of fun in the sun, sand and surf!

June 16

home from the library

love it when the kids come home from the library and read for hours afterwards.  :-)

June 12

I like a mushroom

I like a mushrrrooomm!  :-D

June 11

cutting down overgrown bushes

cutting down trees...really 3 overgrown bushes that take up too much space in the back yard.

June10

just starting on the second tree

almost done with all the branches.

finished, now it's time for a beer or 3!

June 8

Last day of school for Edd

June 8

beach bag using a beach towel

I made/sewed a beach bag using a beach towel and ribbon.

June 4

fold the ends down enough to get a bottle or two of sunscreen to fit.  About 6-8 inches

pin & sew bias tape in the middle to keep towel from fraying.

sew

make sure it fits

measure ribbon to get just the right length

both sides

figure out how wide you want it

pin and sew

great beach/pool bag