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January 28

2012-01-28T16:31:00.000-08:00

My friend Joan and I headed to the art museum at UCONN today for a special exhibition of dressed from the 1800s...it was beautiful!

January 27

2012-01-27T16:29:00.000-08:00

It was one of those rainy, foggy days today...

January 18

2012-01-18T16:35:00.000-08:00

I liked the way the colors of the sunset streaked across the sky tonight...

January 5

2012-01-07T16:43:00.000-08:00

This didn't come out quite like I expected...I was trying to take a picture of the expansive pastures but this pole ended up being there! I was pulled over on a bad curve though and didn't want to stay there any longer than I had to!

January 7

2012-01-07T13:50:00.000-08:00

I took Tucker and his friend Gavin to Chuck E. cheese tonight--they had a great time! Here they show off their vampire fangs!

January 4

2012-01-04T16:41:00.000-08:00

something about this stone wall fascinates me...it runs for about a 1/2 mile along one of the roads near my house.

January 3

2012-01-03T15:58:00.001-08:00

I had to stop at UCONN this afternoon to pick up some basketball tickets my mom had on hold. They have a lot of really cool old barns and this one caught my eye today.

November 27

2011-11-27T17:46:00.001-08:00

Our tradition is to tag our Christmas tree on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Here Michael makes sure the tag is on the branch really good!

November 26

2011-11-26T17:45:00.000-08:00

Tucker and I went to Mystic to see Santa arrive by tugboat! Very cool!

November 24---I'm back!

2011-11-24T17:42:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving!
We are a smaller group! My mom wasn't feeling up to coming and our niece was at her dad's

Scavenger Hunt Sunday---on Tuesday!

2011-11-22T17:56:00.000-08:00

Ashley from Ramblings and Photos sponsors the weekly Scavenger Hunt Sunday...

MAINLY ONE COLOR

I stayed at my mom's house last week while she recuperated from surgery. I thought it would be fun to take pictures in her house! The above picture is my old bedroom.

AROUND THE HOUSE

This is a painting of my great-grandparents probably done in the early 1900s.

REFLECTION

This is at our town library

WRITING

I found this in the archives when I was looking for pictures for the Christmas card

WATER

The shower at my mom's

November 5

2011-11-05T18:16:00.001-07:00

I noticed these brightly colored berries on a bush in a parking lot today.

November 3

2011-11-03T18:13:00.000-07:00

On my way home tonight, I just had to pull over and take a picture of this gorgeous sunset.

October 31

2011-10-31T18:11:00.000-07:00

My cute Army soldier dressed up to get some treats!

October 30

2011-10-30T13:49:00.000-07:00

Thankfully I remembered to bering in the pumpkins yesterday before the snow started! Michael and I carved them today; I think they came out cute; simple but cute!

October 28

2011-10-28T10:27:00.000-07:00

Yes that is snow on the ground!!!! We didn't have any near us but as I got closer to work, there was about an inch. This is one of my favorite barns.

Project 64 - Gold

2011-10-27T18:56:00.001-07:00

This week's color is Gold.

October 27

2011-10-27T10:20:00.000-07:00

I noticed these trees today when I stopped to put flowers on my dad's grave (the 7th anniversary was yesterday).

October 24

2011-10-24T18:46:00.000-07:00

I couldn't believe how beautiful the sunrise looked this morning!

October 21

2011-10-21T18:45:00.000-07:00

I saw this little guy on the fence in the parking lot at work and couldn't resist taking a picture!

October 19

2011-10-19T18:11:00.000-07:00

This leaf in the parking lot caught my eye this morning.

October 18

2011-10-18T18:08:00.000-07:00

I stopped by this river today to take this picture. I liked the way the sun was shining on it.

October 16

2011-10-16T18:57:00.000-07:00

We went to a local corn maze today and checked out the calves...it cracked me up to see this chicken hanging out there, too!

Project 64 - Brick Red

2011-10-15T14:34:00.001-07:00

This week's color is Brick Red.

October 11

2011-10-11T18:27:00.001-07:00

I was out earlier than usual this morning because I had to get bloodwork done on the way to work so I was fortunate enough to see this beautiful sunrise!

October 10

2011-10-10T17:33:00.000-07:00

We celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary tonight with dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse---very yummy!

Scavenger Hunt Sunday....on Tuesday

2011-10-10T02:58:00.000-07:00

Every Sunday, Ashley over at Ramblings and Photos sponsors a Scavenger Hunt! Five prompts are provided and off you go to "find" them!

This is my first time participating and I'm late! (the link is open until today)

Without further ado, here are my responses:

LANDSCAPE

THE COLOR WHEEL

BLACK AND WHITE

FOOD

BLANK

October 10

2011-10-10T01:12:00.000-07:00

We celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary with dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse! yummy!

October 9

2011-10-09T02:56:00.000-07:00

Tucker and I put out the Halloween decorations today. I bought this pumpkin kit to add to one of the pumpkins; I think it's pretty cute!

October 1

2011-10-01T18:03:00.001-07:00

We had a carnival at Tucker's school today! He and his friend Robbie had a great time playing on the inflatables!

September 27

2011-09-27T19:18:00.000-07:00

Tucker has decided to play the trumpet! He brought it home tonight to practice for the first time!

September 26

2011-09-26T19:07:00.000-07:00

More car trouble means my car gets loaded on a flatbed and heads off to the garage! For the same exact problem I spent $300 to fix exactly two weeks ago! ARRRGGHH!!!!!!!!!

September 21

2011-09-21T16:00:00.001-07:00

I noticed a little splash of color this morning by the stopsign-not sure why it's blurry, though!

September 18

2011-09-18T17:58:00.000-07:00

My grandmother's house was sold to a gentleman who plans to build a development on the 50+ acres. The first step was to get rid of my grandmother's house which he "donated" to the fire dept for training. My mother has the pictures of the actual fire. It was bittersweet because it's my grandmother's house but mostly because my dad and grandfather built it.

September 14

2011-09-14T19:01:00.000-07:00

It's another two picture day here...I just couldn't decide which one I liked best!

September 13

2011-09-13T18:24:00.000-07:00

This path is on one of the farms I drivve by every day-I think it leads to more fields in the back.

September 12

2011-09-12T18:43:00.000-07:00

We're a little late but we took Tucker and his friends Freddie and Maddie to the beach tonight to celebrate the 1st day of school.

September 11

2011-09-11T16:09:00.001-07:00

We wnt apple picking today and I liked this one of Tucker picking out the biggest one he could find!

September 10

2011-09-10T20:00:00.000-07:00

Another great soccer game today! So great, in fact, that this is the only picture I took. We ended up losing 1-0 but the boys did great and Tucker had three really close attempts at the goal!

September 9

2011-09-09T19:00:00.000-07:00

This is a two-picture day...I had to drop some paperwork off at the Probate Court in town on my way home today. I liked the angles of the building and thought the frog looked pretty spiffy!

September 7

2011-09-07T17:50:00.001-07:00

This is a closed lumber company that I drive by everyday.

September 6

2011-09-06T17:46:00.000-07:00

As hard as it is to believe, Tucker is in 4th grade! I thought this picture of him and his friends Devin (L) and Mason (C) came out great!

September 5

2011-09-05T18:45:00.001-07:00

I was doing so great taking pictures every day and then Tropical Storm Irene intervened!!!

Today Tucker played in the 2nd day of a 2 day soccer tournament---I snapped this picture of him and his good friend Robbie.

August 26

2011-08-26T20:17:00.000-07:00

Tucker and I went to a WNBA game tonight between the CT Sun and the Phoenix Mercury! We had a great time!

Here he stands with a wooden cut-out of Ashja Jones, a former UCONN player.

August 25

2011-08-25T18:23:00.000-07:00

As I was leaving Walmart tonight, I noticed how beautiful the sunset looked!

August 24

2011-08-24T19:07:00.000-07:00

Tonight we went to wild and Wacky Wednesday at our local racetrack. they run some regular races and also one or two "wacky" races. In this one, there are two flags on the track and they have to go around each of them and then continue the rest of laps! It was pretty funny!

August 23

2011-08-23T17:17:00.000-07:00

Today is Michael's 43rd birthday-we celebrated with an oreo ice cream cake!

August 22

2011-08-22T18:05:00.000-07:00

I couldn't believe my eyes---if you look closely, you can see yellow leaves which means the leaves are starting to change!!!!!

august 10

2011-08-10T16:43:00.000-07:00

I noticed Michael had left the dryer door open and when I went in to shut it, look who I found! For some reason, he loves to sleep in the laundry! I'm just glad I saw him before I shut the door!

August 9

2011-08-09T16:41:00.000-07:00

Tucker is hard a work at soccer practice-(he's on the right battling Colby). and just to let you know what a dedicated soccer mom I am, it was pouring during practice!

August 6

2011-08-06T18:12:00.000-07:00

We went to the birthday party of our friend's Mark and Kate's children today- Mark is holding Brooke who turns 1 next week and Kate is holding Luke who turned 2 two weeks ago. she's expecting their third (a boy!) in January!

August 5

2011-08-05T18:10:00.000-07:00

Today we went to the CT Science Center and an awesome time! this was definitely right up tucker's alley! Here he shows off the Lego trailer truck he made!

August 4

2011-08-04T14:09:00.000-07:00

We spent the day at Mystic Aquarium and they had an exhibit of different types of Jellyfish-I though this one was pretty cool (not to mention huge!)

August 3

2011-08-03T14:06:00.000-07:00

Today was a busy but fun day. I took Tucker and his friend William to our local dinosaur splash pad for the afternoon and tonight we went to the stock car races with his friend Andrew and his parents

August 2

2011-08-02T14:04:00.000-07:00

Today we went bowling and had a blast!

August 1

2011-08-01T18:14:00.000-07:00

Our niece took this as we are on our way out this afternoon! We had a great time!

July 31

2011-07-31T18:00:00.000-07:00

We are at Coco Keys Water Resort for a couple of days! It's an indoor water park and we are looking forward to having all kinds of fun!!!

July 28

2011-07-28T18:47:00.000-07:00

One of the favorite parts of my daily drive is going by this alpaca farm! Today they were lined up at the fence.

July 27

2011-07-27T18:49:00.000-07:00

I love old cemeteries and this one is no exception! I'm sharing two pictures today!

July 26

2011-07-26T18:52:00.000-07:00

Shrek is a pretty easy-going cat and let Tucker put the Yankees cap from his Build-A-Bear on him...it's just the right size, don't you think?!

July 25

2011-07-25T18:54:00.000-07:00

I like to change my drive some days...today I came across this old barn-I like the old green station wagon parked in front of it!

July 22

2011-07-22T18:57:00.000-07:00

The frams I drive by are haying now...is that even a word? anyway, I love how the hay looks in the field!

July 21

2011-07-21T18:58:00.000-07:00

I drove a different way to work this morning and noticed this beautiful barn that must have collapsed from all the winter snow!

July 19

2011-07-19T18:29:00.001-07:00

tucker is having a great time in soccer camp! It runs from 5-8 every night this week! Here he goes one-on-one with his coach!

July 18

2011-07-18T18:26:00.000-07:00

Tucker is participating in a soccer camp this week in our town-it's run by professional players from United Kingdom. Here he passes the ball to his friend Mason.

July 12

2011-07-12T17:17:00.000-07:00

I love this time of year when all the tiger lilies are blooming! These are at Tucker's daycare!

June 29

2011-06-29T15:07:00.001-07:00

My friend Dawn and her son Caleb are visiting this week from VA. We headed to the dinosaur park/splashpad near our house and the boys had a great time!

June 28

2011-06-28T15:09:00.000-07:00

I love that our tiger lilies have blossomed!!!

June 27

2011-06-27T17:24:00.000-07:00

This ia the former American Thread mill in the town I work in. Having grown up in the next town, I can tell you that if you're a local, you are either related to soeone who worked there or know someone who worked there. (my grandmother worked in the mill for almost 25 years and my mom worked in the office for about the same time)

June 26

2011-06-26T17:18:00.000-07:00

Another two picture day! We celebrated the high school graduation of our only nephew Bobby and Tucker had a lot of fun throwing water balloons at him while Bobby got him with the water gun-youngest vs the oldest of the cousins; there's 10 years between them!
The second picture is of my cousin's daughter, Libby, who is now 7! Here she had just opened the Hannah Montana blanket my mom gave her; I think it was a hit!

June 25

2011-06-25T16:29:00.000-07:00

We had the team end-of-season pool party at Devin's house (his dad was one of the coaches). This is Tucker, Jayden, Devin, and Alex after receiving their trophies.

June 21

2011-06-21T16:00:00.000-07:00

This year the Little League had a Manager's AllStars game to give a heads-up to the managers of the Majors teams...Tucker made the cut along with 3 others from our team: L-R Alex, Dylan, Tucker and Justin. (and though I'm not not supposed to have favorites, these 4 were definitely my favorite on the team!They're just all good kids!o)

June 20

2011-06-20T16:24:00.000-07:00

It's a two-picture day!

Tucker's last official day of school was celebrated with a family p[icnic with a rock wall, tug-of-war, and DJ! the picture on the left is him and his teacher from this year, Miss Malinick.

We went Ocean Beach tonight and ran into his friends MAddie and Freddie! These three have been good friends since kindergarten. We ate dinner with them and then the kids played for a few hours on the beach!

June 19

2011-06-19T16:06:00.000-07:00

Happy Father's Day to my wonderful husband!

June 14

2011-06-14T18:44:00.001-07:00

We have had some crazy weather lately. It was sprinkling before Tucker's game tonight and this is what the sky looked like when I got there-I thought it was pretty neat!

June 13

2011-06-13T18:42:00.000-07:00

Tucker was in the chorus for his thrid grade play today! They did a great job!

June 5

2011-06-05T17:33:00.001-07:00

It was a a nice day today and Michael and Tucker took the time to wash Michael's truck!

June 4

2011-06-04T17:29:00.000-07:00

We participated in the Relay for Life today in memory of my dad and grandmother. Here are me, my mom, and Tucker with the luminaria bags for my grandmother and uncle.

June 3

2011-06-03T18:54:00.000-07:00

The end of another great baseball game! (Tucker's in there...third from the left, #2) this is a great group of boys and I've had a lot of fun in the dugout!

June 2

2011-06-02T18:40:00.001-07:00

Another two picture day...we found kittens in a storm drain at work about 3 weeks ago. I wish I d taken pictures when we first got them but I didn't. they are about 5 weeks old now. Our Director of Nursing has been taking them home every night and feeds them throughout the day; they stay in her office all day. They are so cute and so fun to watch!

May 30

2011-05-30T15:21:00.001-07:00

We went to the Memorial Day parade in the next town. It seemed a little shorter than usual but was still a great time and way to honor our veterans.

May 29

2011-05-29T15:17:00.000-07:00

Another two picture day... we started our day with the annual Pappy's Motorcycle Run which is always fun!

We ended our day with a fire and yummy s'mores!

May 27

2011-05-27T15:13:00.000-07:00

I'm sharing two pictures today...the first is of our little math whiz! Tucker was one of three Math Champs at the 3rd grade Math Olympics today! (And he has the trophy to prove it! :) )

Tucker had a half day and no day care today which meant my mom picked him up from school. When I got there, my mom's neighbor Bill came over to plant the pumpkins with Tucker (an annual tradition!)

May 26

2011-05-26T18:34:00.001-07:00

Tucker's third grade class had their recorder concert today. You can just make him out hiding behind Molly!

May 24

2011-05-24T19:26:00.000-07:00

Michael warms up with Tucker before he goes up to bat.

May 23

2011-05-23T17:31:00.000-07:00

I liked the way the fog looked over the playground equipment at Tucker's school when I picked him up today!

May 22

2011-05-22T17:11:00.000-07:00

Okay I confess...I didn't take this picture! Michael took Tucker and his friend Robbie (on the left) to a local carnival) and they saw thier friend Aaron there. Aaron's mom took this and emailed it to me and I thought it was so cute, I just had to share it!

May 18

2011-05-18T18:12:00.000-07:00

Every morning this week has been foggy and then rained all day....

May 11

2011-05-11T18:43:00.000-07:00

Michael put the bird feeder up today. I don't think Shrek and Fiona have left the back of the couch all day! lol

May 8- Happy Mother's Day!

2011-05-08T18:33:00.001-07:00

For Mother's Day, Tucker painted flower pots and we put flowers in them for the grandmothers and my sister-in-law. they were all very impressed!

May 7

2011-05-07T18:31:00.000-07:00

Some thunderstorms rolled through the area tonight. this is what the sky looked like over our neighbor's house!

May 6

2011-05-06T18:25:00.000-07:00

I stopped at the cemetery today to leave flowers for my grandmother and took these two shots. The first is obviously of the older section, which I just love to look at! The second is the curvy, country road that leads to the cemetery. I took this sitting in the driveway looking down the road.

May 4

2011-05-04T16:13:00.001-07:00

This morning was a misty, rainy type of morning which only lead to rain for the day.

May 3

2011-05-03T19:04:00.000-07:00

I took this while sitting at Tucker's baseball practice tonight...I love the green of the trees.

May 2

2011-05-02T19:07:00.000-07:00

Michael took the camera to work today to show off the pictures so I couldn't take a picture today. Here's a favorite of Robbie and Tucker on the train....

May 1

2011-05-01T17:48:00.000-07:00

We were fortunate to get tickets to a Yankees game through the Budweiser representative and we took Tucker's friend, Robbie with us! Here they are, posed outside of Yankee stadium-we had an amazing time!

April 30

2011-04-30T17:38:00.001-07:00

Tucker and I went to an Easter egg hunt at our local dinosaur park (it was postponed from last week when it rained and rained and rained some more.) It was a lot of fun. They collected plastic eggs with dinosaurs inside them and a numbered sticker on the outside and you got prizes depending on what the number was. He got a stuffed rabbit, a stuffed lamb, silly bands, coupons for free ice cream, soda, and cookies, beads. It was a good time!

April 28

2011-04-28T17:45:00.000-07:00

This was one of the rare moments it wasn't raining today. We also had some thunderstorms go through the area. Not a good day! The weekend's supposed to be nice though!

April 26

2011-04-26T16:59:00.001-07:00

Today was our first real spring-like day, it was close to 75 degrees!!! Tucker and Michaelk played some baseball in the yard before dinner.

April 24

2011-04-24T18:15:00.001-07:00

We celebrated Easter at my mother-in-law's this year. This is a family shot!