I feel remiss in not announcing in last months post that Zach and Tiffany are engaged! Since this is somewhat old news, I guess a old stock photo from this summer will be ok: The wedding bells will chime in June 2012 in Rochester. We got back last week from a 10 day trip to…
Avocado Band-Aid
We traveled back to the lake a few weeks ago: To celebrate Boris and Irena’s 50 year anniversary! The woman folk dressed up in beautiful brightly colored clothing: And the men folk didn’t get a picture, as they were not so clever and only had bland attire, so instead I took a picture of a…
Providence RI
Last weekend Helen attended a child Neurology conference in Providence RI. Not-so-coincidentally this is where Aya lives! We had a nice visit with her, was impressed by her tidy apartment: We split our time between Aya’s place and our friend Olga’s 300 year old ‘saltbox’ house nearby in Somerset: Built in the 1720s, before George…
NYC
A mystery photo: Hint: NYC. Answer, end of post. Nick and Chloe joined us for our last weekend at the lake on Labor Day: We had lots of fun, taming wild animals: Climbing the highest mountain we could find (Lovewell Mountain, towering 1000 feet above the lake at 2500 feet! … that is an satirical…
The Lake 2010
Greetings from Mars: Actually, we are not on Mars, but rather at the lake. But sometimes it is so beautiful, it is like we are on another planet: The lake is hidden here, in central NH: I had 2 different projects to work on, both in difficult stages that required attention, so I moved my…
Hershey PA, Chocolatetown USA
We drive down to Hershey PA weekend before last. Helen had an interview at the teaching hospital there: A small town of 12,000, about 15 miles from 3 mile island nuclear power plant in Harrisburg. Formed when M Hershey sold his caramel company in 1903 and built the worlds largest milk chocolate factory in the…