Today after church and relaxing at home, we decided to go to Lake Joondalup. Here are some of the sights, birds, and SPIDERS there! John assured me these were common garden spiders, but they were HUGE and they were many in the woods of Lake Joondalup. John called these snails below pests, because their European and don't belong here. I couldn't help but think, they're pests here, but in Spain, they're lunch. :) A happy surprise, some blue fairy wrens. Austracantha minax , below, (with ... Read More

  I guess I've blogged about walking at Kinder Farm Park many times by now, but rarely do I mention the community garden they have there. Yesterday, Jenny, Laura, and I decided to go to Kinder Park and take Silas. (Rubí was still taking a nap). We couldn't do the full loop as Silas isn't up to it, so we went to the playground area which is across from the garden. I decided to take a closer look at what they were ... Read More

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After a rather lackluster time on the playground equipment, the boys with Laura and I went to the woods to see if the cats were still there. That area is close to the baseball field. That became an invitation to jump off the bleachers and climb fences. The boys had a great time as jumping and climbing is still a challenge at ages 3 and 4, as well as triumphs occur when they could finally jump without falling, and climbing and ... Read More

Inside some malls are these adorable play areas for children, that Miranda has called the "Mall Park" A few days ago, Rubí had her first visit and then we went again fairly soon after that. She LOVED it! I thought she would be a bit timid, but she went at it like it was the most natural thing to do! I had to pull out my cell phone and snap a few photos. Today the cell phone came out again as she ... Read More

When Cameron comes over, it usually gets called a "cammy day" in our household. This particular Cammy day, it was nice enough out to go to the park. Since John and I could stroll Rubí, Miranda opted to bike the boys to the park. ... Read More

This past week, I had opportunity to photograph Megan and Curt for their engagement photos. For their chosen location, we went to Federal Hill Park in Baltimore. It was a lovely, chilly day, and it was a fun photoshoot. Later, we went to Curt's house for a few photos by the fireplace. You can see SOME of the rest (I took over 500) HERE . More portraits I've done, HERE ... Read More

Last night, Miquel took Silas and I to Holabird Sports. The main purpose was to find Silas a tennis racket.  We didn't get home till dark, so today we woke up to sunshine and off we went to Silas's first tennis lesson. ... Read More

Today, Laura and I took Silas to Fort Smallwood Park. We knew he would enjoy it there, I don't think we know HOW much! Silas learned he could throw wood in the water, and that became the order of the day. Throw wood in the water... Run along the beach to get some more wood. Climbing on Rocks was also fun! Back to the wood? A big one! Silas got very excited about the Fort. Later, Silas enjoyed the playground with Tia Laura. We bribed him away ... Read More

Today the heat and humidity left Pasadena, and we decided it was a good day for the park. Silas at his usual fun slide... The static this slide creates! Every time we touched we had sparks! Next, was Rubí's turn at a slide...mind you, she was asleep, but it was her first time on a slide! ... Read More

Yesterday the weather was great and it was a perfect day to go to the park. Silas at this point, is an old pro at the park. But this was Rubí's first day! Her first see-saw. Her first swing... Silas wanted to push mommy and baby sister! Silas is a cute big brother! ... Read More

Today after working indoors I needed to just 'get out' and had an idea to take Silas to the airplane park. It was beautiful outside. Miranda agreed and we were off. ... Read More

After a few days straight of rain, the sun came out and everyone was anxious to get out. We had Cameron, so it was decided to take the boys to the park. The slide was wet, but Silas went down anyway. Silas was already to help Cameron. Getting outdoors to the park is just too fun! But alas, the mud...Silas couldn't help himself. Laura watched from a safe distance from above. Then the mud became the main event with Silas... Now Laura watches from a less safer ... Read More

Last week, Silas jumped off the bed and in doing so, his foot unfortunately met with a toy that punctured the bottom (of his foot) which sent him to the doctors, and then later the emergency room for stitches. When he got home, he was good as gold, quiet, and did some quiet activities. This is not our usual Silas, and finally his mommy thought to take a walk. But Silas couldn't walk, so we put him in the stroller and figured ... Read More

Friday, I got to babysit Silas, and Laura and I had the same idea: Take him to the park! He loved it... ... Read More

I often speak of Kinder Park, but I often forget one of the things that is so precious about it...FARM. Kinder also has a farm on its land, and it makes it really special. Before that though, we took Silas to the playground. We first had a bit of  a walk to get there, Laura took her bike. Silas hardly knew where to start at the playground. A try walking on the ropes? Laura forgot she is way too old for this... Next the slides... Then a ... Read More

After days and days of  so many feet of snow outside, and little melting, you have to just get out anyway. Saturday was one of those days, and we decided to take Silas to the park. There had been a few warmish days, however it was a tad disheartening to see the park benches nearly still covered in snow. Silas wanted to go on the slide, but there was a mini lake under it! Silas braves the slide anyway! Silas had a great day, and ... Read More

Did you know there is such a thing as Noah's Ark National Park? There is! Watch the video and learn of a place where they believe they have found the Ark. (37 minutes long) LEARN MORE NOAH'S ARK NATIONAL PARK ... Read More

Avalon Area of Patapsco State Park that is. Enric, Miranda, and Silas are still in town. Enric and Miquel decided to go mountain biking and Miranda and Laura went hiking. I got to spend some time with Silas. Silas climbed mountains at the playground there. Here, I show off my great grandparenting skills as I take photos of Silas falling off a swing. :) Next, we thought we'd impress Mr. Dolphin (or as Silas calls him, Dolph), and show him Silas hugging a tree. Later ... Read More

Well it's been on and on raining here in Maryland for ages, and yesterday the rain stopped and the sun came out for a time. I had a day playing taxi driver (and not an easy task as the driver door won't open) to Miquel and Laura, but still managed some time for myself at Kinder. I usually take hundreds of photos of each outing, and yesterday was no different, but for this blog, I have narrowed it down to 20 ... Read More

A child in the house is such a joy, and once a week we get to enjoy Cammy. He is like the center of the universe each Wednesday. It has rained every day for the last....forever. It continues to rain as I blog this. However, this morning it was only cloudy, and we decided since it was warm, to take Cameron out to the park. He loved the swing... The SLIDE :) Going giddy-up on the see-saw. Balancing with Laura... Playing with the flowers, which we ... Read More

John really seemed to enjoy our little park on Dorsey Road where one can go to watch the planes land. So, after a day at the zoo, we piled back into the car to watch some more planes land. The late afternoon showed off what a rainy, stormy day we had (it hailed). John did something different this time. He walked along the road so that he could see directly under the planes as they landed. Taking a cue from his 300mm lens, ... Read More

Last time John was here I took some time to cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, so this time around, I took him to Sandy Point State Park where there is a great view of the bridge. I really think it is an impressive structure and proud to show it off. The original span opened in 1952 and at the time, with a length of 4.3 miles (7 km), was the world's longest continuous over-water steel structure. A parallel span was added in 1973 giving ... Read More

Two days before we were with freezing temperatures and under a blanket of ice and snow, and then Saturday we woke up to a balmy 60 degrees. So, rather spontaneously, Laura and I decided to go to Kilgore Falls at Rocks State Park, located in Northern Harford County, one of our favorite places for an outing. We invited Jenny and Heather. As the car moved away from the houses and shops, the girls were soon captured with the natural beauty that ... Read More

I love to visit a nearby place called Kinder Farm Park. I finally got a good weather day to take the near 3 mile hike around with my new Canon 40D. It wasn't easy with all those pounds of camera gear to carry.   For more of the day's photos CLICK HERE (It's the first 14 images) ... Read More

We have had so much rain and cold, and the warm days we've had up till now have been very busy. It was good to go to one of my favorite spots and just walk in the park with my camera...   ... Read More

Although Laura's true 13th birthday is still some weeks away, we held her party yesterday, this avoiding her friend's party from her actual birthdate, which will fall exactly on Thanksgiving this year, just like the year she was born. One activity, was a picture taking session at the park. Erin, Linda, Ashley, Ashley, Heather, Miranda, Laura, Kristen & Shelby (Photo taken by Miranda Lee - I have my name on it for those that Constantly steal my images!)   The next activity, the girls made their ... Read More

I regularly update my art site. This time, I have posted photography from a recent winter outing at Lake Waterford Park, Maryland. Click HERE to see more! ... Read More