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Little Bug on a Star
Today was the day to turn over the vegetable garden and rake the leaves. Before starting, I needed to pull all the beautiful wild nasturtium that had grown throughout the garden. As I pulled the first few plants, I just had to get my camera and take a few last shots of the little…
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Centipedes, Slugs, and a Sniffing Deer
I’ve been having fun lately taking photos of centipedes in the basement, slugs in the rain and a wonderful little deer sniffing the air. Remember – click on the photo to get up close and personal. Be brave…..
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Stink Bug Revisited
A few weeks ago I mentioned I had gone to my local photography club and showed a few of my recent photographs. The club members were less than impressed. I included one photograph – a stink bug that had landed on our car while Ken and I were parked in Valley Forge Park. Well,…
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Beautiful Spider in the Garden
I’m taking a new photo class this month on macro photography. I was out in the garden this morning and this afternoon. I took a lot of flower pictures, but what I loved most was this big fat spider. I only got one shot of him before he streaked back to his hiding place.…
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Carol Scafuro
The last time I saw Carol Scafuro was eleven years ago – before Yumiko came home. She flew in this weekend from Vermont and we picked up right where we left off. So wonderful to see and be with this great, great lady. She cooked us the best spinach lasagna and broccoli rabe known…
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Miracle in the Driveway
Back in early June while we were still in Tokyo we got an e-mail from our next door neighbor, Sharon Garcia. She told us a great big snapping turtle had walked up our shared driveway, dug a deep hole in her garden and laid about 20 eggs. The whole neighborhood stood around and watched…
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Hollins Reunion in Washington D.C.
I got together with my wonderful eight best friends from college this past weekend in Washington, D.C. Oh, what a time we had. Can’t believe it has been 35 years since we graduated!!!
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Nobody Liked My Pictures
I went to my second ever Camera Club meeting tonight. The meeting was held in an old Main Line mansion that’s been converted into a night school. I brought a little “jump drive” with a few of my favorite recent photos to show to the class. There were quite a few other budding photographers…
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New Bathroom
When we got home from Japan in July, we decided it was about time we had a bathroom on the first floor. Ken went to work and put pen to paper. He designed a full bathroom with a nice big shower and a pretty window. The location is right where the piano was in…