Canopy of Trees Beneath a Canopy of Trees

The beginnings of a hut made from branches at Sargent Pond in New Hampshire.

Fence and Ferns

See Emily Play

Tree of Light

The sun splits a double trunked tree in Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut.

Alien Abducktion

Under a streetlight on a foggy winter night "The Blue Duck" (that's what Olivia used to call my old pick-up truck) looks like a scene from "Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind."

Huzzah Creek

Olivia and a pony see eye to eye.

Olivia and a pony see eye to eye.

Victim of the Ice Storm

Last Summer my parents neighbor Pam offered to let us have the old swing set in her yard. Mark and I disassembled it and carried it across the road to my parents yard where we reassembled it. Olivia and Emily got one weekends worth of fun on it before a massive ice storm brought trees down on it and smashed it. I'll try to fix it this summer.

Family Outing

A family of Canada Geese go for a morning paddle on Harrisville Pond. Photo by my Dad.

That Darn Duck!

Tjörnin, the city pond in Reykjavik is home to a lot of waterfowl and Olivia wanted to feed them all! She got a little too comfortable with one big gray goose though and he bit her finger while eating out of her hand. "That darn duck bit me!" she wailed.

Early one morning late last year.

Jack Frost does his thing, outlining the edges of Kalmia, Azalea, and Rudbeckia seedheads.

Grindavik Harbor

Hera Returns

Lixus was part of a chain of Phoenician- Carthaginian settlements along the northwest coast of Africa dating back to the 7th century BC. When Carthage fell to Ancient Rome, Lixus became a Roman imperial outpost.

Supposedly the location of the mythological garden of the Hesperides, Atlas' daughters, was Hera's orchard in the far western corner of the world, where the immortality-giving golden apples grew.

Tree Goats

A goat-herd chatted with us while we watched his goats grazing in the Argan Trees by the side of the road from Tafraoute. Morocco 2000

Deep in the Todra Gorge

Keeping our eyes peeled for Sleestaks as we explore.

Sang in Ecuador 1974

Joana's Dad sent this tough-looking picture of himself to her Mom in Korea in an effort to entice her to move to South America and marry him.









She did.
Brazil, 1979

Golden Globes

Honey-pot Ants at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in DC.

Expecting 2005

São Paulo Street Racer

I scanned this one of Joana as a little kid in Brazil from one of her old albums.

My Thanksgiving in Acton Massachusetts 2002

A very Massachusetts Thanksgiving. The Mass Pike was completely jammed with holiday travelers. There was a light dusting of snow on the ground. The house had actually been renovated by Bob Villa on "This Old House" back in the day. The women were all busy cooking the wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. The men, well we were of course all gathered around the tube watching Dallas or Detroit play somebody. Before dinner everyone held hands in a big circle while Aunt Ginny the nun said a prayer and then we each added what we were thankful for.

I was the "new boyfriend" so I was tasked with taking that years photo of the whole crew with everyone's cameras. I guess if I'd made it to two years I'd have been included in the next one. It's a pretty good technique for keeping the transients out of the "permanent record." Still I was thankful to be welcomed there for a memorable Massachusetts Thanksgiving.

Olivia with Mama and "Dada"

Olivia and Joana check out some Dada puppets from 1918 created by Dada artist Sophie Taeuber at the National Gallery of Art East Wing in DC. I liked these a lot.

Dinner on the Alley in Honfleur

Dinner with John and Mike. France 2002

I Have Confidence In Me!

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Olivia knew she wanted to be Maria von Trapp from The Sound of Music for a long time before Halloween and she had a blast in her costume. Joana made everything but the guitar case which was my handywork.

Like Father, Like Son

40 Years after my dad used to hike with me on his back I was doing the same thing with Olivia. Now she can hike on her own and it's Emily's turn to ride next! Photos by my mom, and Joana (notice how a mother frames a shot! :-)

Grand Canyon Part 2

Our first stop to peer over the edge of the canyon turned out to be a good one. Unfortunately I had busted one of my toes horsing around with Joana at Zion a few days earlier and it still hurt, so we didn't hike down into the canyon. Someday we'll go back and do that though because it's really so big that I had a hard time relating to it from up on the rim. Photo of us by an anonymous, friendly, fellow tourist.

Future Home of the Old Schoolhouse Bed and Breakfast

January 2003 Michelle and I visited her friends Sarah and Mick in Dublin, New Hampshire on our way to go skiing at Stowe, Vermont. We stayed in their amazing "guest room" and were treated to such a fantastic breakfast that Michelle remarked they should open a B&B. Sarah said hey that's a great idea and not too long afterwards they actually did it. Now you too can stay at The Old Schoolhouse Bed and Breakfast practically at the foot of Mt Monadnock and enjoy Mick and Sarah's hospitality.

Blue Window Essaouira

The view across the alley from a room at the Hotel des Ramparts in Essaouira, Morocco.

Tikal Engulfed

I really like the way the jungle has completely reclaimed this ancient Mayan pyramid at Tikal in Guatemala.

Grand Canyon Part 1

The day slips away while we watch from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon near the Tovar lodge.

Rambling Rose

A rambling red rose frames Joana in the courtyard of the Cameron Trading Post Lodge. Cameron, Arizona 2004