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3 November 2013 Telling Tales

Nov 4, 2013

Guest photographer: Scottie! I don’t know which of Al and Johnny’s stories we were listening to when Scottie snapped this picture. Let’s just say that their childhood together (60-some years ago!) now provides great entertainment at the table.

2 November 2013 At the Virginia Living Museum

Nov 4, 2013

Sam unleashes her inner bass at the Virginia Living Museum in Newport News.

27 October 2013 Mom-Mom’s Pancakes

Oct 29, 2013

26 October 2013 25th High School Reunion

Oct 27, 2013

Yes, I braved my 25th high school reunion! And got to see some cool people I haven’t seen in 25 years. My class’s reunion area was on the second floor of the Mansion–what we called the convent where the sisters lived. We also had religion and foreign language classes there. This is one of the rooms where I had French. …

25 October 2013 Weekend in PA

Oct 27, 2013

UK Trip 2013: Photo Retrospective– Lewes Castle

Oct 10, 2013

I lack photographic imagination. We’ve been to Lewes Castle, just north of Brighton, several times, and it’s worth the repeat visits. It’s a splendid example of Norman castle constructions with later embellishments. But I just keep taking the same photos over and over again! Entering the Castle gate, July 2013. …

UK Trip 2013: Photo Retrospective– Queensbury Mews

Oct 10, 2013

I’m a sucker for the photo retrospective–same subject, same treatment across different time periods. So when we walked past our old street in Brighton this past summer, I made the family stop so I could capture this photo: Sam, age 7, on Queensbury Mews in Brighton. Sam, age 3, on Queensbury Mews in Brighton

1 October 2013 Deep in Discussion

Oct 2, 2013

At Boxerwood Nature Center in Lexington, VA there is a wooden stage on the edge of the woods. There’s also a giant chair in the meadow, a piano in a field of grass, and a large wooden chess board next to a clay Ogre head vomiting out straw, but at this particular moment the kids were drawn to the stage to put on an …

13 September 2013 Out to the Island

Sep 14, 2013

AC had a much-deserved day off today after having spent the past week or more working 12+ hour days. After Sam’s class at CHEC, we drove him out to Sherando Lake. If you look closely, you’ll see a dot that is AC swimming out to the island in the center of the lake. Before we left we walked the mile loop around the …

3 September 2013 Volcano in the Sand

Sep 3, 2013

Last lake day for our homeschool group this year. Summer has slipped away as quickly as the sand volcano the kids made at Sherando today.