Grandma's birthday

We celebrated grandma's birthday this past weekend; happy birthday to Grandma! This, of course, translates into more photos of my two little cousins.


But first, a lovely portrait of the birthday girl


Seamus


Seamus, through Neal


Seamus by window


Seamus walking! I believe these were first solo steps. Go Seamus!


Violet trying to hide from me


Violet in her usual joyful mood


Violet in the midst of partial-peek-a-boo


Somehow Violet convinced Neal that it was a good idea to hoist her up on his leg. If anyone's looking for a great workout, grab the nearest 5 year old and do leg lifts.

Shooting around the house

I bought a new camera and lens recently (yay!) and was playing around the house with it.


It was play time for the bunny.


Check out that select focus on his eyes. I love this new lens!


He really wasn't as terrified as he appears here, I promise.


Fun with blinds


Fun with plant and shadow


Fun with reflection and self portrait

Wandering in the rain

A drizzly evening last week created some great opportunities for photos.


I love the blue light hitting the branch.

Happy 2007!

A grand celebration for ringing in 2007! My friend Jake hosted a tasty lasagna dinner at his place.


Jake had a fabulous martini glass with a light-up stem.


A view from above


And again


Fred


Matt


Jeremy


Neal, through the crowd


The always-essential corkscrew


The next morning (it's still morning at 2pm, right?) we headed to brunch at a local diner. Ryan wasn't wearing his contacts, so he would shoot everything in front of him in order to see what was around.


Jeanne


Greg


Molly


Andy


Jake


Another rendition of "The Many Faces of Jim"

Christmas in Maine

I had a great time visiting family and friends back east over the Christmas week.


Our church had luminarias lighting the walkway on Christmas Eve.


I've always loved the dramatic lighting on the organ loft. That's my mom at the organ and my sister Janna on the bassoon.


Christmas morning we made brunch for everyone; this is the lovely fruit salad Janna created.


Ivan


No household should be without chickens roaming free on the front patio.


Zoe, the shyest kitty, held by the brother


Ruby, a foster dog from the animal shelter I photographed that week


Marggie


Stormy, the oldest cat; named so because he was found after Hurricane Bob of 1991


Solo, the youngest; a foster kitten from the animal shelter

Houlton

I visited my sister in her new hometown of Houlton, Maine right before Christmas. Where is Houlton, you ask? Follow highway 95 all the way north; if you've reached customs you've gone 2 minutes too far. She just started her first job there as a 5 - 12 music teacher, so I followed her around a bit in her schools.


Becca with her 7th and 8th grade chorus


An attentive chorus member


Between school assemblies I wandered downtown to the water.


I was amused by every kid in the front row wearing jeans and sneakers.


An excited audience member at the 4th - 6th grade assembly


The start of the annual teachers' rendition of "Twelve Days of Christmas"; can you be taken as seriously with antlers on your head?