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The girls and I went to Green Meadows Farm. It was originally suppose to be a field trip with Lilly's preschool class, unfortunately it was rained out. Going on our own we were able to go later in the day when it was less crowded. This was a big plus. There were all kinds of farm animals and some more unusual ones like a zebra, an emu and an ox.

Lilly got to milk a cow...

(photo taken by Connie)

We went on a hay ride...

Fed goats, and sheep...

And picked pumpkins.

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Sidewalk chalk, don't you just love it? I know some don't. I think it is wonderful. It is totally imagination powered and everyone can play.

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Oliver 36 days old.

Patrick picked up my camera tonight while I was calming Oliver. It is nice to have some photos of he and I.

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Kate's team competed in a regatta in Boston this weekend. We did not get to go, but we were able to pick Kate up from Regan National Airport in Washington DC. Her flight was delayed so I had time to take pictures. It is a beautiful airport.

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Today I got to try my hand at taking portraits of Oliver instead of just snapshots. I am posting more pictures then I usually do in one post because I would love some feedback. These are, of course, ones I like. There were definitely more bloopers than good shots. Thank goodness for digital photography, no wasted film and a delete button!

I still have not tackled Photoshop cs4 so my conversions to black and white are done with the Windows Vista program.

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Oliver, one month old.

I finally got to take some natural light pictures.

unfortunately this one is a little dark. urgh!

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A few more photos from yesterday's marathon.

The sun rise, taken from the train on our way into the city.

My sister, Mindy ran the half marathon yesterday.


So many people, 10,000 I believe I heard them announce, ran the half marathon yesterday that it had to be started in waves. In this photo you can see waves two through five waiting for their race to start. My sister is way back there in wave four.

The marathon planners made a big deal about being more eco-friendly this year. The pace cars were Prius, the booklet was not mailed out this year but was email to save paper, recycling was available at the festival etc. Then at the start of each event confetti was throw from confetti canons. So much for the saving paper.

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Some of the interesting runners I saw during the race. The beer guys were two short in their six pack, maybe they got thirsty. The gentleman in the powder blue tux ran the event the last three years in his tuxedo. I love the crab hat but where do you think you find KISS spandex? And of course there had to be a Raven in the crowd.

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