Where: Home
When: August 6, 2010

Ok ok this is the last one I promise! Orchids just make such great subjects, I couldn't resist. We're off to Hawaii though, so I'll have plenty of not-entirely-flower-related subjects when I'm back!

Where: Home
When: August 6, 2010

Where: home
When: August 7, 2010

Where: Home
When: August 6, 2010

Another birthday hike photo

Where: Harriman State Park
When: August 7, 2010

Birthday Hike!

Where: Harriman State Park, NY
When: August 7, 2010

I didn't take many pictures, we were too busy hiking really fast. It was really fun to get out in the woods and move - and this hike had some fun, rocky, scrambly bits as well. I was surprised - I haven't done much activity for the last couple of weeks other than kettlebells twice a week, and some yoga, so I was expecting to be struggling a bit, but apparently kettlebells is a really good general conditioning exercise because I felt great, particularly on the up bits - yay squats!

Gift after gift after gift

Where: Home (this is one of my presents!)
When: August 6, 2010

It's my birthday today! And I can't quite believe the lengths everyone went to make it (and me) feel ridiculously special. Homemade surprise cake, hugs and hugs and more hugs, laughter, phone calls, amazing food, and wonderfully sweet and thoughtful gifts just kept on coming. This was one of the most wonderful and transformative years ever for me, and it could not have happened without all these amazing people I am lucky enough to have in my life.

Thank you thank you thank you. I love you all so much.

Visiting, Take Two

Where: Bradford, VT
When: July 3, 2010 (or maybe 4th?)

Aha! Ask and receive - I overlooked this on my first pass through, only one of 3 taken in the horizontal orientation, but still better than the one I posted earlier, I think. I flipped this one because I decided it was nicer to have the moth/butterfly facing into the center from the left rather than the right. Well, for my brain anyway.

Visiting

Where: Bradford, VT
When: July 3, 2010 (or maybe 4th?)

I love the way the grasses blended into each other in the background, but I'm not convinced this was the best version of this shot. I wish I had tried more landscape, it would have captured more of the texture in the background.

Rufus

Where: Brooklyn, NY
When: July 31, 2010

The River Runs

Where: Somewhere between NY and VT, from an Amtrak train
When: July 1, 2010

Evening

Where: Hudson River, from home
When: June 21, 2010

More Farmland

Where: Somewhere between NY and VT, from an Amtrak train
When: July 1, 2010

Farmland From an Amtrak Train

Where: Somewhere between NY and VT
When: July 1, 2010

Guest Artist: Dave Powers

When: July 2, 2010

Occasionally Dave wrests the camera from my death grip, and when he does he takes some pretty fabulous photos.

Scene From An Amtrak Train

Where: Somewhere btw NY and VT
When: July 1, 2010

I have a whole series of scenery from the train ride that I'm awfully excited about. I'm going to intersperse the family pictures with them, just to throw a little variety in. Plus there are some nature/flower pictures I'm excited about too! It was a productive trip, as usual. So much that's inspiring up there!

Happy kids!

When: July 2, 2010

Mom and Dad

When: July 2, 2010

My Man, the Man My Man Smells Like

When: July 2, 2010

I have a whole bunch of photos from the weekend, and a lot of them are family. I kind of want to put them all up at once, but I think that will be a little overwhelming. So I'm going to try to stick to one a day.

Title is inspired by what is easily the best commercial ever made:

Splish Splash

When: July 2, 2010