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Shall we go for a sail?

It seemed as if everyone was out taking advantage of the beautiful weather and cool breeze. The colors looked extra vibrant on this Labor Day weekend.

Boat & Buoys on the Bay

Labor Day weekend is sort of the unofficial end of summer. There’s no place I’d rather spend it then out at Saquish. After a very rainy beginning to…

Watercolors

The bottom image is the original photo taken out at Saquish. It looked so much like a watercolor painting I thought I would try adding the watercolor filter…

Tranquility at Work

I really don’t have much to say about these two images except that they are two of my favorite from that morning. I imagine it takes disipline to…

Surfs Up?

When I first arrived at Duxbury harbor I noticed a young man with a surf board. I thought it a little odd that he was at the harbor…

Here comes the sun…

I was walking back towards the car with my equipment when one of the guys going out fishing asked me “aren’t you going to wait for the sun…

Sunrise on Duxbury Harbor

In yesterday’s photo I mentioned how I got up early to capture the sunrise and forgot to put a memory card in my camera (my iPhone saved the…

iPhone to the Rescue

A couple weeks ago I had a 6:30am chiropractic appointment in Duxbury. I figured since I was already getting up early I might as well get up a…

Stormy Weather

I mentioned on the vineyard shot the other day that we encountered some torrential downpours on the way to the winery. As you can see from these clouds…

Mercedes Club

This pics for you Kevin! When we pulled up to the winery there were quite a few Mercedes parked in the lot. Kevin started talking to one of…

Grape Expectations

Here’s some of the grapes up close and personal from yesterday’s vineyard shot. I love that there is a lone blue/purple grape.

Milbrook Vineyards & Winery

After visiting the Vanderbilt home we split into two groups. My cousin’s wife took the kids back to the house to go swimming in the pool and Kevin,…

Barefoot Kate

“The statue at the edge of the reflecting pool, Barefoot Kate, or Katie can be seen dipping her toe into the water. Placed in the garden in the…

Garden of Love

This truly is a garden of love… “All the money necessary to purchase plants, equipment and make repairs are raised by the volunteers through various special events, activities…

Frederick W. Vanderbilt Garden Association

The most beautiful part of the Vanderbilt grounds are the gardens. Amazingly, the gardens are maintained by a volunteer group. The Frederick W. Vanderbilt Garden Association, is a…

Hudson River

Here’s a view of the Hudson River, taken from behind the Vanderbilt home.

Vanderbilt Home

After briefling walking around the Roosevelt welcome center we decided to head over to the Vanderbilt home. We chose not to buy tickets to tour the inside of…

Reading with the Roosevelts

A couple weekends ago, Chris, Karen, Josh and I drove down to visit our cousin Kevin and his family in NY. They live near Hyde Park so we…

The Travelers

I think this is the first image of myself on the blog (and possibly the last?). That’s me on the left, with my sister-in-law, Karen and my brother,…

Lines, lines…everywhere a line!

Our trip home from Italy was frustrating, exhausting and very time consuming to say the least. The short story: We were supposed to have left Rome at 2pm…

Agony of de Feet

Yesterday I mentioned how we walked from the Appian Way back to Rome. Well, that was just a few hours of one day. The eight days we toured…

Circus Maximus

After the viewing the catacombs we headed back to Rome. Instead of taking the bus back we decided to walk. It ended up being about a 6 mile…

San Sebastiano fuori le mura

Our original goal was to go to the Appian Way so we could see the catacombs. I didn’t realize how beautiful the walk down the Appian Way would…

Circus of Maxentius

After lunch we headed up the Appia Way towards the catacombs. Before getting to the catacombs we passed the Circus of Maxentius. The Circus of Maxentius is the…