4th of July weekend pictures

[jwgh]

My sister and her family live across the street from my father and stepmother in Massachusetts, so I drove up and visited them this past weekend and took a bunch of pictures.

My sister made this bag using yarn she dyed herself plus some gray yarn she purchased.

This is my father and stepmother's house by the lake.

On Sunday my sister and I walked to the elementary school so that my nephew Ezra could play on the playground.

Comments

[restartsmyheart.livejournal.com]

omg so cute! what a pretty area your family is from!

[jwgh]

The weather couldn't have been better. I look forward to having you and the other knitters come out this weekend! Hopefully the weather will cooperate again (the forecast seems to indicate it will, but I don't really trust the New England forecasts this far in advance).

[restartsmyheart.livejournal.com]

yes. so its saturday right? and then some people are staying over until sunday?

[jwgh]

Right. I'll make some posts today when I get a chance ...

[cgoldfish.livejournal.com]

what does accuweather have to say on the subject?

[jwgh]

Hmmm, right now Accuweather seems to be saying a chance of a thunder shower on Saturday and maybe some rain on Sunday. Well, we'll see.

But of course it's all about the graphics:

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

Ah, I esp. like the picture of the lake.

[cgoldfish.livejournal.com]

ezra is adorable!

and that lake - it looks so . . . swimmable.

[jwgh]

mmm, lake.

The little inlet that the house is in has a speed limit of 5 miles per hour, which means that the speedboats and jetskis mostly stay away. This makes it pretty nice for swimming, kayaking, and canoeing.

[cgoldfish.livejournal.com]

are a lot of people planning on staying overnight? my tent fits about four or five people - more depending on how comfy you'd want to be.

[jwgh]

I think like four or five people. It looks like it won't be necessary to bring your tent, although something to sleep on (like a sleeping bag) is a good idea -- my father has an air mattress that someone can use but that's about it.

[cgoldfish.livejournal.com]

awesome! i love brimfield and lake swimming. i'm so excited.

oh - can i hitch a ride with you?

[jwgh]

Most definitely. I'm hoping for a carpool situation with two or three people driving everyone (I expect around 10-12 people in all, not counting Craig and a couple of people who indicated they might come up on Sunday).

[kerri9494.livejournal.com]

CRAIG? No freakin' fair.

I guess you guys are all not coming to Spud's birthday party, then. Feh. FINE. WHAT EVAR.

[plorkwort.livejournal.com]

Wow, Ezra is growing up quickly!

[jwgh]

Yes, it's pretty amazing. He doesn't quite understand colors yet though in any kind of consistent fashion; according to one of the books my sister has read on the subject kids don't usually get color names completely straightened out until they're around five years old!

One of Ezra's favorite words right now is 'robot'. I should try to record him saying it sometime. It's very cute.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Yes, an IC song that includes various and sundry Ezra samples is imperative.

[penelope-arcade.livejournal.com]

wow, he is so cute! and getting so big! PLEASE record him saying "robot" for me.

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

Or perhaps "Robot Roll-call" if it's not too trippy on the tongue.

What, no fireworks?

[vardissakheli.livejournal.com]

The guy sitting in front of us last night was using his cameraphone to take pictures of fireworks. That must have been particularly unspectacular for whoever he was sending them to.

My 19-month-old niece was really getting into the fireworks. She's been fascinated by patterns of lights and reflections since she could start to see them, and she likes loud noises and surprises, so I figured it would be just her thing. She was absolutely worn out from a sugar-fueled day at the carnival and playground, and she was amazed by how the fireworks were something fun that she could lie down for. The words "wow" and "whee" and "boom" got a lot of exercise last night!

Re: What, no fireworks?

[jwgh]

You'd be surprised -- I took some pictures of fireworks last year using the world's crappiest cellphone camera and I was pretty happy with how some of them came out: http://jwgh.org/livejournal/fonefotos/2004July2fireworks/

There were illegal fireworks being set off by the lake all three nights I was there. Ezra woke up crying the first night but they didn't seem to bother him too much the other two nights.

[restartsmyheart.livejournal.com]

do you have any baby knit books i could borrow?

[jwgh]

Yes, I'll bring my books to the Decatur tomorrow.

[jwgh]

Incidentally, Ezra really is into owls.

[samantha2074.livejournal.com]

Great pictures! You can really see the family resemblance between you and your sister and Ezra.