FlatRock and the Oswego Harbor

Last Thursday we headed up to town and stopped at FlatRock, our favorite place to hang out!  Lia & I took some time to walk out on the pier, but we only went about a quarter of the way to the lighthouse.  It was so windy, it kept blowing Lia's hair funny and her shadow looked like she had cat ears...


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Despite the wind it was a very nice walk.  We even got a nice picture of our swimming spot from a different angle!  Sadly it was still too cold for swimming...


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On the way out, we saw two very large birds arguing over a lamp post on the power plant property.  They were ospreys!  This one won.  ^o^


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I can't wait til we can go up and stay for a longer visit, that includes floating in the lake...

Lia's Nails

This weekend is the final gathering of Lia's RE class, an overnight camping trip, and she asked me to do her nails. (Kinda funny if you actually think about it, but it's not that kind of camping trip!)  Her class is called the OWLs, standing for Our Whole Lives, so she asked for owls on her nails and I was happy to oblige!  ^-^


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I had planned on doing some cutesty little pop-culture owls, but... well... Everything comes out with more realism than I intend... >.<  A great-horned, a saw-whet, and a snowy, all with glow in the dark eyes.  I should have added glow in the dark paint to the 'OWLs' too, but I just put a little gold shimmer over it.  She did her own basecoat, and the pic was before clean up...

Photo Friday: Walk

Labyrinth on the Pier

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Yesterday was a beautiful day to walk the pier. Lia & I found the labyrinth I walked 2 years ago and she walked it this time...

Photo Friday: Breathtaking

FlatRock in April 2010

Lia & Esme brave the chilly water

PhotoFriday: Heavy

Brothers "ain't heavy" but I guess sisters are...
Click here to view at flickr...

Photo Friday: Big and Small

Big Lake and Small Girl

TiLT: Things I Love Thursday

♥ Portucula and weathered bunnies ♥


♥ This sleepy-eyed smile ♥


♥ Fluffy tea parties in the garden ♥


♥ Geeks in Pink and Guys in Drag ♥


♥ That new show, "Cooking with Lia" ♥


♥ Sun Storms and rainbows ♥


♥ This Miracle Car ♥


♥ Honorable Mention: Slumdog Millionaire, The Bucket List, Under the Tuscan Sun, The Unsinkable Molly Brown - wow, yeah, it's been a movie kinda week...

Things I Love Thursday is brought to you by Gala Darling...

TiLT: It's Been a Great Week

♥ My Daddy♥


♥ Zen Picnics by the Lake with Cheeky Chipmunks♥


♥ Radiant Girls and Trees (and in them!) ♥


♥ Rocks and Roots and Sandy Glades ♥


♥ Forest Understories and Rocky Beaches ♥


♥ Esme's Drawings ♥


♥ Dressing up and Special Rocks ♥


♥ Hanging out at Flat Rock ♥


♥ Candy Colored Sailboats on the Lake ♥


♥ Hanging out with these Beach Bums ♥


♥ Home and All Its Surprizes ♥


♥ Honorable Mentions: Hug Your Fat, the new Foamy: Fat Idols, Darwin's Survival Game, Which Scientist Should You Date? (Galileo for me, if you were wondering...), Caramelldansen! And now I can go to bed.... Zzzzzzzzz......

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TiLT: May is here!

♥ Esme in Decora style... Oh and those gorgeous May flowers!


♥ Antonio's smiles, hugs, humor, style...


♥ Lia's self-portraits


♥ Picnics in fields of gold


♥ JoAnn's timeless beauty


♥ Honorable Mentions: Seven-Layer Dip, lime chips, margarita cake, bird song (particularly the wood thrush, robin, and chipping sparrow), puns and silly, geeky holidays, finding great art on dA, Jonathan Coulton, ridiculous movies, spring peepers...

Things I Love Thursday is brought to you by Gala Darling...

SPRING!

Today was a lovely day, and we took advantage of it to run down to Camillus and clean out my dad's frig. (He went to FL before the new year, and there were some ripe things in there...) Then we headed over to the park of my childhood, Shove Park (rhymes with shrove), to play and enjoy the sunshine. Now, I am sitting in the bedroom with both windows and the front door open listening to the cacophony of robins and chickadees and spring peepers! YES! Spring peepers for the first time this year! YAY!

Here are some pics:

The girls attempt to slide down together...


...while Ant hides out with his GBA...


and Da Momma reads.


Even I went down the slide!


Then we visited the old rocking animals...

I am sure my mom has pics of me on those things...
(And why does the Monkees theme song play in my head when I see this pic?)

What is that evil look on Ant's face?


OH NO!


He totally car-jacked Lia... XD


Fun day at Shove Park...