In my experience, pot luck dinners are not usually held in such unique and beautiful venues…This dinner, in honor of library volunteers, was held last Friday at a recently built local equestrian center…
…the meal was served in the stables with the horses looking on…
...We got a chance to meet some of the inhabitants…
…and to explore the grounds…
…the locale, the food, and the company were a treat that I’m glad I got a chance to enjoy…
Why is the best spot to dig a hole and lie down in always have to be in middle of a flower garden?…To discourage her, I put bricks or rocks in her favorite places to dig…until there were just too many rocks…
With the recipe from the box…
…and a willing assistant…
…We baked some delicious cookies!
Last weekend Mr. O and I took a road trip to the Adirondacks…It’s only about 5 hours away but I had never been there before…I don’t know how that happened and I hope to go back again with more time for exploring…
Our trip started with a detour to the DiaBeacon Museum…No photos allowed there…which seems unreasonable to me…
It was fun to explore the large space …the exhibits are large and fill an old factory…
That night we attended a house-warming party for a house designed by Mr. O then stayed at the Keene Valley Lodge…
…It was too dark to take good pictures of the house…I just have a few from outdoors…
Sunday brought sun…lupines…and a trip to Lake Placid…
We took a boat tour around the perimeter of Lake Placid…and raced the rain clouds…
…before we headed back home.
I really do try to look on the bright side of events…Even though the rain is really starting to get to me, I try to see the beauty of the deep green, almost tropical look, of the New England woodland during this very wet and cool spring rather than worry about the water-logged irises. 
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The constant, dreary, cold, and rainy weather is getting to me…I have had little inspiration for photos lately…just the weekly grocery shopping. I’m the only one in the household that eats much fruit but it was so beautiful and irresistible I’m afraid I overdid it and will be eating fruit for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert…
I’m not reluctant to take both grandchildren to the playground by myself anymore…it really isn’t too much to handle…the worst part is dealing with two car seats…Today I probably played as much as they did, only I played with my camera’s exposure settings…
…from underexposing…
…to overexposing…
…and later I played with cropping. Still can’t decide how I like these circles cropped…cropping some out or leaving the circle whole…Fun to play with though…
…And today my models were enjoying getting their pictures taken!
Radishes from a local farmer’s market…just dipped in salt and eaten plain…
…and just picked local strawberries for dessert…
…I love a trip to the farmer’s market…and hopefully have found a local CSA to join.
Fun to play with…and fun to take pictures of…
Doesn’t this look like a thought bubble…or an idea?
