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.

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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.