1 january


a sort of a review of 2014

me



I love you

Joe and I with his three sons and my two daughters.

It was quite an accomplishment to get us all in one place!

still laughing

Joey was pretending to do the "nestea dive"

into the water

but it looks like he is about to break into a Gershwin song




winter wonderland

I'm not sure if I would exactly call this a wonderland

but it is certainly winter

this is the beach across the street 

The icy Atlantic!






birthday

my daughter, Hannah's, 26th birthday

she is the blonde in the snazzy sun glasses


friends

my best and dearest

one of my oldest

love of my life





brothers are the best of friends

well...most of the time


I was inspired

by the waterlogue app

 once in a while something comes along

that really awakens the playful photographer in me




spring fever

Memorial Day is a huge thing on our rather tiny island

the town workers start cleaning up the parks and beaches

at the beginning of May

We have a big parade and the entire town turns out

to greet each other after the long winter

Everything ends at the cemetery on the hill

where every Veteran's grave has a flag

it means the beginning of the high season

time to get back outside again



travel or vacation

we live on a rather tiny island

which is connected to the mainland by a two mile causeway

this is the beach reservation that runs along the causeway

we don't travel much


summer days

we set up a futon on the porch and spent many summer days out there

watching the ocean and people going to the beach

we even spent a few nights out there

listening to the waves in our dreams



a day in my life

so...every day of my life I have seen these towers or stacks

they are part of the Salem, MA power plant

and the place where Joe worked up until May

when the plant closed

three of the four towers have been torn down now

and by this time next year the last and tallest tower

will be gone as well

Gone will be the old coal plant built in the 1950's

to make room for a new gas plant


all smiles

Sally always makes us all smile



autumn harvest

a hundred acorns


family or home

our home on this rather tiny island

as I walked back from the beach




celebrate

a Mother's day walk on the beach with part of our family



lets do it again

Some of us jumped off the rocky cliffs of the quarries for the first time this summer

and we can't wait to do it again next summer!



beautiful

there is beauty in simplicity



  
holidays


Independence Day fireworks


my favorites


my beautiful daughter Bonnie


My beautiful daughter Hannah

don't ever change

beach waters...tide ebbs and flows

I hope to live right here on this rather tiny island

with the love of my life

and our jabberwocky serendipitous  family

for the rest of our lives



just because

this image is from outside our dining room windows

last February...


hopes and dreams

this is a mural of me which is hanging on the wall of the community college

that I go to

when I signed the permission slip I had no idea that they would do this

My hopes and dreams for the future are that I am able to continue my education




Comments

  1. Pondside1 January 2015 at 23:18

    That was really quite fabulous. I loved every image - waterlogue and as-taken. You have a beautiful family, and you are quite lovely in all those photos. Happy New Year!

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  2. Unknown2 January 2015 at 21:32

    What a beautiful place where you live! Looks like you had a great year! Happy 2015!

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  3. Geraldine 3 January 2015 at 14:54

    What a beautiful post and how lucky you are to have such a nice family with you! I love the doggie kiss photo most of all.

    May 2015 be your best year ever!!! Hugs from BC Canada, G

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  4. Ashley Sisk22 January 2015 at 15:10

    I'm loving the painting effect you're using. So very cool.

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