When summer finally hits here in Vermont

It's soooooo good !

The rich green colors of the moutains and the thick green grass. Life just can't be any better...

Well, maybe if you are under 6 years old it would be..

You stay in your bathing suit all day, you have fudgcile or popsicle residue all over your face, you always have wet hair from swimming and you have the dirtiest feet in the neighborhood. In fact you havn't even seen your shoes in weeks !

Oh yeah...don't forget the bug bites....the big bug bites that make your Mother cover you in calamine lotion at night so you can start all over again the next day... with fresh new skin for the bugs to bite on all day.

Grand Performance Studio of Dance

Miss Gayle came by and demonstrated some amazing dance moves !

I will be at the Studio of Dance June 3rd capturing as many action shots as I can of all the students. :)

As the strawberry pink hair fades

some of the blonde comes back...

Now she's talking about some blue hair???

Some very large trees

deep in the wooded back roads of VT.

And the sun sun still tries to pop through the trees at sunset.

A few laughs, some sunshine

bubbles , a field on dandelions and one very happy 9 year old......what could be better in this world? I don't think there is anything better.

OK Margie....the season has started !

The "minors" have started their season on baseball.
It's all new to all the kids. A real uniform, a real field with bases...and real rules. That's the stinky part. :)
So...some boredom set's in for the young players as they wait for the game to start. It's a tough job to resist getting very dirty with the cool silky sand they use on real fields. A little dirt never hurt right ?

So, Ramsay steps up to the plate already covered in dirt from pre-game playing, as he approaches the plate he notices.....

dirt all over the home plate....which needs a quick clean up before hitting....(any "real" player knows that )

The first big swing....Good thing they give you more than one chance !

Maybe he could scare the pitcher with a very serious look....oh the concentration...

And he made it too first base ! Yeah !....oh this will be an interesting season !

Another Prom

Colleen wanted some quickies of her new prom dress. So, we headed out to find some new location spots. Here's some of the test shots we got.

Impromptu seamstress and prom photographer

Silly Emerald. Not telling anyone her dress needed more than a few alternations...hours before leaving for her Senior Prom. :)

Stopped at my sisters house for a visit, which then turned into a sewing session trying to get Emerald's dress to fit. About 2 hours later....(yes, that's the indication that I am not the best seamtress around but what do you do with such short notice) a few pin stabbings, some band aids, burns from the iron, a couple of swear words and some pizza, we got the dress to stay on..

Impromptu pictures were very much in order after that.

So we darted outside on a VERY chilly breezy early evening to find a good spot.


Emmie - hope you guys had a good time...and that your dress stayed on while dancing . lol :)

Lake George, NY

Had some time to run over the the Lake the other day. It's a pretty busy place in the summer and you really can't get down to the Lake. It's nice to come here before Memorial day and just stroll around.

Just a tree casting a cool shadow.

Framing with the tree and it's own shadow. They have some pretty large boats that you can take. They have dinner cruises on them. Never been on one to really check it out. The people I have talked too, say they have a really good time.

I might try a night time one some time.

Just another one of the big boat at the dock.

And of course I thought of all the golfers I know...No..I don't golf...Thought it was cool how the sun was shining on the word golf.

Little red riding hood's point of view

"What a big nose you have Grandma."

"And you teeth Grandma...they are so big."

"And your ears, they are so big too."

She's looking more like a minature donkey than doggie.


What I must look like to a small dog.

Just a big giant dog...with a camera, laughing at the funny pictures. She wishes she could take a picture of me .....and laugh at me like I was of them.

Silly doggies

She stood too close to the camera and got a funny little distorted look.Oh... it was too funny.

When I saw in the camera that she was getting distorted, I was laughing. Maybe I made her camera shy and self consience...she really wasn't to receptive to do sitting for me anymore after that. But, she tried again and sat for me.

And of course, the laughing caused Jack to come running to see what was going on.
Just like human kids...Had to be a part of the fun too.
You can almost hear him saying " what about me...take my picture too."