The adventure begins!!
Happy Birthday Brother Frank
Lobstah feast on the deck last week for Frank’s birthday.
Brattleboro Goes Fourth 2016
Kind of everything you could hope for in a small town parade…
Visiting family warming up for their role as applause providers
Marching bands, although more would have been welcome
Military service clubs juxtaposed with the Governors Institute (a summer camp for future protesters).
Kids on bikes
The baton group. We’re not sure if the gentleman in front considers himself a leader or a participant, but he is always in the parade, and the little girls do seem to look up to him.
Tired Little Leaguers
And of course, Alfred…
And PS, yes we did have fireworks.
O brother, where Art thou
Brother Frank is up visiting from his home in Pasadena, TX. Walking around near Lynde Motorsports, we came on this big art-cycle by Phil Pellerin.
Elliot Street bridge
Work proceeds on repairs to the Elliot Street bridge that was undermined in flooding a couple years ago.
Weekend bike rides
Saturday we had 15 riders show up to ride around Mt. Monadnock, and had a ridiculously picturesque coffee break in Harrisville.
On the next day’s recovery ride with Joyce and Chuck I got to see Anna Marsh’s gravesite, very peaceful.
Gallery Walk
When we ventured out Friday afternoon we wondered if Gallery Walk was even happening, because the streets seemed especially quiet.
However, it turned out that we just didn’t get the memo… there was a big parade to officially open the river-themed art project that’s been taking shape over the last month or so. It’s cool to have been here long enough to happen on a parade and run into half a dozen people you know.
And the galleries were in fact open.
And the opera club met as usual. Here, Elizabeth (who’s also an attorney and a circus performer) tackles an aria from Samson.
And so, all is right with the world.
Boston morning
I found myself in Boston a couple of weeks ago and had a beautiful morning walk around the harbor area.
There’s a lotta old infrastructure under those streets…
I ran across this interesting amalgam of stuff left out by the curb for free. At some point you just outgrow your “No Casino” sign and various other things, including a whole bag of CDs and videotapes.
Whoever it was had good, eclectic taste in music, but I’m too streaming-happy to even try to suck all those songs into my phone. Even so, I lugged the whole bag home, and made a shipment to Decluttr. I’m about 25 bucks richer now…
It ain’t heavy, it’s my facade
24 hrs in Philly. One walk in the open air. Lots of big strong buildings with big strong ornamentation.
Why not?
I heard part of the track “Twilight World” while driving the other day and wanted to hear it again, but when I got to the iTunes Store I ended up buying the whole album.
It’s all that
The life of a medical terminology consultant really is as glamorous as you have been led to believe by the media.
Case in point: today I got up at 3:30 AM to drive 5 hours for an afternoon in a hotel ballroom. But we got to talk about really exciting stuff… I hope you can see the slide!
And by the way, the correct answer is “gluteoplasty”.
Now with 40% more Real
Real Bill now has his own museum.
As we were driving by, I saw him parked here with the new trailer and, not believing my eyes, swerved in to get a look. But then I was afraid — what if he sees us??? — while Lee wanted to get a closer shot.
There’s an app for that
Although it’s free in cash terms, I’m sure I pay a hefty price in privacy to use Waze as my navigation app. Nonetheless, it earned its keep the other night by steering me around a big accident on the highway.
It takes a village
to make a glass bowl.
After I finished the Boys and Girls Club bike ride on Saturday (and yes, you can still donate), we joined the Provs at The Hot Glass Art Center in Marlborough, NH for a glassblowing lesson. It was a lot of fun! Jo, the owner, in the middle, and her assistant Bridg, right, did a very impressive job of simultaneously telling us EXACTLY what to do and keeping it light and fun. Lee supplied some extra air.
On the one hand, very easy to get started: with no experience whatsoever, we were able to make seven neat things in under two hours, bowls, a pitcher, a glass, and some decorative flowers. On the other hand, there would be plenty of opportunities to practice… years’ worth, actually! None of our pieces ended up exactly round, or as thin as we might have wanted, or perfectly tapered, or totally smooth. But they will be serviceable, and nice to look at, and I’m looking forward to doing it again.
Brattleboro Adventure – the Auckland Edition 