June 2011

This plant has two different types of flowers; I don't think I've seen that before.

Greg was trying to leave for work one morning, and Billy decided he wanted to lay in front of the door right then instead.

My friend Katia is French, and she lived in Israel for 15 years before moving to Boston last year. This is the shopping list she's jotted on her message board at home. There are often notes in English, too. She said the language she writes in depends on where her mind is. If she's speaking with her husband in Hebrew, that's how the words come out, but if she's thinking in English or French, she'll write that way.

These goslings are late bloomers. This photo is from June 26, but the others started coming out in mid-May.

Billy is often in the window when we come home. This time he was just peeking.
Now that's a deep sleep. Four feet in the air, mouth open. See his tail along his belly?


There was a mondo storm coming as Greg and I raced home, hoping to miss the downpour.

Are you dying of suspense? Yes, we made it home before the rain started. But geez, those were some awesome storm clouds.

Lithuania!

Greg and I went to Lithuania for a wedding (the bride is Lithuanian). We had an awesome time. Click the link below for the photos.

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The Cardinal Watching Billy

The trees have finished flowering, so now it's the azaleas' turn to bloom. And there's a cardinal in our courtyard! I've seen him twice now, and this time, he and Billy were really checking each other out.

More Springiness

All geese do is eat. Same for goslings.
Neat new growth on the bush, above. Below, Greg and I went to open the summer camp his friend's family used to go to. This is the cabin we stayed in. It was great weather the first day, but it rained the second day.
Here's one of the many truckfulls of leaves we raked from around the camp.
The woman, below, was helping to rake. Her grandparents started the camp that was a predecessor to this one. She's 87 years old, and still raking! She's really amazing.
I found this huge spider on my glove as I collected the leaves into trash barrels.
Below, only the red petals are growing on that bush. The pink ones fell from the tree above it.
The grounds crew raked up some of the petals.
Pink littered the ground everywhere.

Robin
Lilacs

It's finally spring time!

This is the park by our apartment. I love how well-used it is when the weather's nice. That's the Boston skyline in the background.
Baby leaves
Grackles are camera-shy, but I got this one! The males have really cool iridescent head coloring.

I love the sun shining on the flowering trees.
It's so interesting watching the seasons change everything. The trees are empty of leaves during winter, and you can see right through them. Then the buds start coming out, and the flowers, and before long, there will be huge leaves, thick and bright.
Easter with Greg's family. Back row: Paternal Grandma (Jean), Dad John, Mom Sue, Sister-in-law Shaney, Aunt Sally. Front row: Brother Mark, friends Logan and Marie, Greg, me.

San Diego!

Greg and I went to San Diego a couple of weeks ago. It was such a wonderful trip. We brewed beer, ate sushi, camped in the desert, ate Mexican food, saw my family, snuggled the family cat and dog, Greg turned 30, went to the Wild Animal Park and aboard the USS Midway, walked along the beach...Awesome!

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Late Spring

Winter hung on for a long time this year, but it's finally getting letting go. Yay.