~Linda's Stuff

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Two Boat Rides

Gary bought a new fishing boat.

He's been working on getting it geared for tuna fishing.

He named it Freda B after his grandmother. It's sort of a play on words=Free To Be....Anyway, two Sunday's ago, we went for a ride and I had a little mishap. While getting on the boat, I tripped, twisted my ankle, and landed on my shoulder. Ouch! After four hours of excruciating pain, a trip to the ER, three doses of morphine, ex-rays to confirm a dislocation, the doctor finally popped it back into place. But, I was basically out of commission for over a week.

Fast forward to yesterday....

We invited my sister, Sally, her husband, Mike, their daughter, Michelle, and her friend, Alyssa to go for a ride with us.

This one I enjoyed so much more!

Such beautiful girls.

Such pretty sights.

Such wonderful smiles.

Such a great sister!

Two such different boat rides!

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Playing With My Olloclip

I went out for a walk tonight with my Olloclip attached to my iPhone and had fun getting close-ups.

Thanks, Nay, for a great gift! Love it and you!

Friday, May 31, 2013

Memorial Day Weekend

Erin and Kylie put a new desk together for us. Guess who was the boss!

Nathan and Danielle got me an Olloclip for Mother's Day! So much fun to take close-ups with my iPhone! Here are a couple:

It's an iris.

Dandelion fluff.

My friend, Deirdre, me, and my sister, Sally, at Old Orchard Beach near the Pier.

The kids had a blast playing in the cold surf.

And going on rides. L-R: Tori, Michelle, Kylie, and Ryan

Here is Kylie with her head sticking out of this big bubble thing my sister gave her. The kids took turns rolling down a grassy hill in it while Grammy held her breath.

Here's Ryan using it as a seat from which to blow bubbles.

Even teenagers love to blow bubbles. This is fifteen-year-old Tori.

Kylie used the bubble ball as a secret hideaway. Here she is eating grape tomatoes with tunes playing on her iPad Mini.

Yay! What a fun weekend!

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Maine

We flew to Maine on Wednesday and, when we got here, it was cold and spitty. Brrrr!

But, the following day dawned bright and warm. It got up into the high seventies. After working around the camper and doing groceries, I went to the beach.

I fooled around trying to catch some bokeh and used my toes to focus on.

On Friday we drove to Berlin to pick up the boat then stopped to get Kylie in the way back.

Here she is playing on her iPad Mini wearing a manatee shirt my friend, Anne, sent her years ago.

And here she is wearing my glasses and making faces.

It feels good to be back here with the ocean just a bike ride away....my escape!

How do you escape?

Friday, May 3, 2013

Motion

Our prompt this week for the self portrait workshop I'm participating in is Motion. Not as easy as it sounds!

No good!

Horrid!

Ugh!

Ah, no!

I finally settled on the following one even though it doesn't show much of me.

Walk

I wait
while the lavender
evening
fades to gray
and then changes
into a little black
velvet dress
before
heading out
for my walk
each night.

I sip
the dark
whiskey
of fresh air
and nibble
on the Ritz
cracker
of the moon.

A little conversation
with myself,
a wave
at the stars
and this cocktail
party
is just the treat
I need
after
a busy day.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Tonight

We went for a walk and I took my camera along.

An orange blossom

A baby orange.

Three baby oranges lost in the bokeh.

A red leaf.

A lily.

A drop of water on the hibiscus.

Shells.

American flag and the moon.

The moon reflected in our canal with the sunset illuminating the rocks.

Self portrait. I'm participating in a year-long photography workshop called 52 Of You. This Weeks's prompt is: Tiny you in the big world. The world's not big enough and I'm not tiny enough, yet, but it was just my first try.

What did you do tonight?