Taking the train to Rochester, NY
Torre in a sulk
Katie, Queen of the Pack
Zach in his "den" ( = underneath any piece of furniture)
Casey with his Pack face on
Laurie with the Pack
Beware of drunken farmers!
The plate my food was served on at the Terra Cotta café in Alfred, NY
Nietzsche's trash can
Iris Buds #1
Iris Buds #2
Irises
Iris tongue
Columbine (?)
Rhododendron
Rhododendron (looking like a bridal bouquet)
Rhododendrons
Leaf Study #1
Leaf Study #6
Leaf Study #2
Casey, Laird of the Manor
Casey and the garden curve together
Leaf Study #4
The Manor
Leaf Study #3
Leaf Study #5
Leaf Study #8
Leaf Study #7
The peas have finally arrived!
So has the kale!
Abbey of the Genesee (near Geneseo, NY)
Pittsfield, MA
Pontoosuc Lake, Pittsfield, MA
Chinatown, Montreal
James in Chinatown, Montreal
wall mural, Montreal
Montreal
Basilica of Notre Dame, Montreal
street cleaner in Montreal
in the Old City, Montreal
James in a coffee shop at Place de Jacques-Cartier, Montreal
looking up the street at the Basilica of Notre Dame, Montreal
housing development originally built for Expo '67
looking towards the Old City from the St. Lawrence River, Montreal
great rooflines in Montreal
funky building in Montreal
bilingual Montreal
more great rooflines in Montreal
street art in Montreal
shop window in Montreal
billboard connected to performance art piece in Montreal
performance art piece in Montreal
a church at night in Montreal
on the bar at Maison de Jazz, Montreal
Club Soda in Montreal, where we saw the Cinematic Orchestra
truly weird marquee in Montreal
my favorite building in Montreal, by the same architect that designed the Empire State building in NYC
a lovely fountain in a not-so-lovely city park in Montreal
a man washing his dog in the fountain in a park in Montreal
"Full-figured" sounds so much better in French!
James at a sidewalk café in Montreal
a men's room sign in Montreal—you'd never get away with this in the States!
the corresponding women's room sign (see previous photo)
a graphic advertisement for colonic irrigation at a salon in Montreal
outdoor sculpture at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal
entrance to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal
waterfall by the entrance to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal
inside the Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal
buying books at the gift shop in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal
shopping & office complex in Montreal
street theatre in the Old City, Montreal
watching street theatre in the Old City, Montreal
another shot of my favorite building in Montreal
the ubiquitous Starbucks, in Montreal
another angle on my favorite building in Montreal
Montreal skyline
film shoot in Montreal
James and I in Montreal
border crossing from Canada into the US
baby eggplants in our garden
a pumpkin blossom in our garden
pole beans that reseeded themselves in our garden
tomatoes in our garden
a pumpkin blossom and baby pumpkin in our garden
a baby pumpkin in our garden
cherry tomatoes in our garden
roma tomatoes in our garden
purple butterfly bush in our yard
purple butterfly bush with black-eyed susans in our yard
the last hosta of summer in our yard
the last rose of summer in our yard
tree (dwarf apple?) in our front yard
purple perennial I don't know the name of in our yard
view from our deck
purple asters along a busy road on my way to work
bee "button"
purple aster pollination
panoramic view of the Berkshires from the Mohawk Trail (Rt. 2)
a rose from my lover
abstract rose
abstract rose 2
burning bush 2
my annual fall mum in memory of my dad
burning bush (unretouched!)
leaf abstract
leaf abstract 2
The Little Pumpkin That Could (the only one to make it to full pumpkinhood in our garden's short growing season)
Unintentional Pop Art in Jesse & Mike's bathroom
Times Square, NY
Funny bathroom sign
"We got balls!"
Radio City Music Hall
Midtown Manhattan
Big wreath in a bank
FAO Schwartz window
The "Big" piano in FAO Schwartz
FAO Schwartz
Christmas window display in Manhattan
St. Thomas church, Manhattan
Cartier building
Feast Day of Guadalupe at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan
Scribner's building
Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center
Ice rink at Rockefeller Center
Christmas tree close-up
James at Rockefeller Center
"30 Rock" building
Christmas tree lights, Rockefeller Center
Art Deco design on 30 Rockefeller Center building
Choristers at Rockefeller Center
Christmas decorations at Rockefeller Center
Building near Rockefeller Center
Marquee in midtown Manhattan
Subway station with passing train
James on the subway
Intersection by the subway stop near Jesse & Mike's place
Brunch on Saturday morning with Mike & Jesse
Dianne & James at brunch
Borough Hall subway station
Grand Central Station ceiling
Grand Central Station
Light show at Grand Central Station
Dianne on the train ride home
L'Oratoire St.-Joseph
View from L'Oratoire St.-Joseph
Church of St.-Andrew-and-St.-Paul side garden
Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde
Fairmont the Queen Elizabeth hotel where John Lennon & Yoko Ono did a "bed-in" for peace & wrote "Give Peace a Chance"
St. James United Church
The Illuminated Crowd
My favorite sport
View from our frosty side window
Charlie Brown tree: a wrought iron tree that no one else liked but I knew could be beautiful with the right accessories!
Snowy Night III
Snowy Night II
Snowy Night IV
Snowy Night V
Front porch on a snowy night
Narnia
A beautiful Berkshire winter morning
"Snow? Schmow! I'm a starling—I can take anything!"
The Birds
Willow tips
Willow tips #2
Willow tips #3
Gorgeous purple flowering plant (anyone know what it is?)
Peony past its prime
Peony past its prime #2
Pretty new growth on willow tree
Purple among the hostas
Queen Anne's Lace
Lazy Bones
My old friend
Montréal, QC: View from our hotel room balcony
Basilique Notre-Dame
View from the noodle bar in Chinatown where we ate a yummy lunch [photo taken by James]
Gorgeous coleus garden along the street
Place des Arts
Francofolies—French music festival
[Molson banner in front of a church!]
Francofolies banner along a bridge
Various indy bands played on 6 stages around the Place des Arts every evening for a week
People-watching during Francofolies
[Funded his retirement by playing an extra in the Sopranos]
Haute Ville (Upper Old Town)
View from Chateau Frontenac
Québec City, QC: Chateau Frontenac
Street performers
Back in Montréal: Marché Jean-Talon (huge indoor/outdoor market)
The requisite shot of James drinking tea (I have one from every vacation)
Along the ramparts
Église St.-Michel-Archange (aka Church of St. Michael's and St. Anthony's)
The Citadel
View from the Citadel
Sign on the Plains of Abraham
The Plains of Abraham
Me in Québec City [photo taken by James]
[photo taken by James]
Hanging flower baskets [photo taken by James]
The New City
Wall mural
Square St.-Louis [photo taken by James]
A great place to eat!
Le Métro
Sunset over Place des Arts
[A little wine while enjoying the Francofolies]
Francofolies streetlight
Outside the Musée de Beaux Arts
Maple ice cream!
Locally owned coffee shop chain that has WAY better pastries than Starbucks!
Tam Tam (drumming jam session that happens every Sunday afternoon in the summer in Parc du Mont-Royal)
Sir George-Étienne Cartier monument, Parc du Mont-Royal
Montréalers enjoying the all-too-brief summer
Aikido center window display
Burlington, VT: Feast of Fools street performer
Another great noodle bar! (this one in Burlington, VT)
Hilltop Orchards in Richmond, MA
cider mash
Project Native (Great Barrington, MA)
Fall begins in our neck of the woods
My usual view of James: sitting at his computer while I enjoy the sun on the deck
Our pumpkin patch
Swiss chard
Carrots
Green onions (one thing that did fabulously well in our otherwise rather sad, rain-drowned garden)
North Adams, MA
Cherry tomatoes
Brussels sprouts (which have yet to produce any actual sprouts)
Green pepper (objects may be smaller than they appear) (much smaller) (we're raising toy green peppers this year)
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, MA
"Early Girl" full-sized tomato, which wasn't early and isn't anywhere near full-sized
Mass MoCA
Transplant from our expanded vegetable garden that's thriving in its new location, thankfully!
When you're this striking, you can pull off being small and alone in a vast expanse of weeds.
Somewhere in Cheshire, MA
I have no idea what this is, but I like it.
Fales Rd, Cheshire, MA
James in Brattleboro Books (Brattleboro, VT)
Church building converted to drug store: an option for First Church in Pittsfield?
Accidental art
The obligatory photo of James in a tea shop (Brattleboro, VT)
Cool light fixtures in the Latchis Hotel—an historic Art Deco building (Brattleboro, VT)
Even the benches have arts sponsors here! (Brattleboro, VT)
Seekonk Christmas Tree Farm
The Chosen One
Sawing ...
... and sawing ...
James discovers that blue spruce trees have SHARP needles
The Tree in Full Dress
(So you can see the ornaments)
The Tree Skirt (made with materials I inherited from Mom)
Playing with the decorative stitching on the sewing machine I inherited from Mom
The First Big Snow
Outdoor lights that James, Jesse, and Mike P put up last weekend
Mike climbed a very tall ladder to get these lights up!
Wild turkey tracks in the snow
Old dog in the snow
Frozen wetlands behind our house
Trinity Church and the John Hancock Tower, Boston, MA
Kneeler in Trinity Church
Christmas trees in Trinity Church
Stained glass window in Trinity Church
Public Garden, Boston
Edward Everett Hale
Public Garden
Playing on the "Make Way for Ducklings" statue
Make Way for Ducklings!
Me on the mama duck
Dutch elm
Redwood
First Church in Boston, the oldest church in the city
James at First Church in Boston
Apparently they're not planning to ride this bike anytime soon.
Back Bay, Boston
First Baptist Church of Boston (Hancock tower in background)
Frieze designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (who also designed the Statue of Liberty)
Back Bay (photo taken by James)
(photo taken by James)
Vendome Hotel Memorial to firefighters who died when the hotel collapsed
Reading Room in the Boston Public Library
Pedestal base in the Boston Public Library
Letter from Edgar Allan Poe to a young writer
French edition of works by Poe
Lion in the Boston Public Library
The other lion
Early afternoon in Brattleboro, VT
Late afternoon in Brattleboro, VT
Early February in Brattleboro, VT
Painted windows (Brattleboro, VT)
Under the bridge over the Connecticut River
Pancakes with wild blueberries and local Vermont syrup + locally raised and made pork sausage = The Best Breakfast in the East!
Connecticut River
Brattleboro, VT, seen from the Connecticut River
Another Congregational Church raising funds for building repairs
Funds being raised
The repaired church
A typical shop window in Brattleboro, VT
Where we like to stay in Brattleboro, VT
Sign on an Indian import store in Brattleboro, VT
After the storm
Our neighbor's shed
Our house as seen from the wetlands out back
Our backyard
The next morning, after MORE snow
Our front yard
View from our cozy living room
Lenten banner and altar cloth (designed and constructed by me)
Sunshine!
Wild turkeys at the neighbor's feeder
Taizé worship service
First Church sanctuary
Christmas gift from a friend, in full bloom
Bath, Maine
Backstage at the Chocolate Church Arts Center
(Pretty sky)
It struck me as funny.
A friendly town!
Trinity Church, St. John
James's first Maine lobster dinner
On the Boardwalk in St. John, New Brunswick
Bandstand with a cornet on top
Bay of Fundy
"I'll help you eat that—hey, Mister!—hey, I'll help you eat that!"
Summer nights on the Boardwalk
Hopewell Rocks
Inside Trinity Church
A fine spaniel dog
Watching a crab
Crab watching me
Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath
This was actually James's beer.
Loyalist Burial Ground, St. John
View from the Citadel in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Inside the Citadel
Halifax harbor
We have yet to try poutine.
International Buskers Festival!
(Find the dog) (who closely resembles his man)
Flame Oz—these guys were great!
Sunset in St. John
A wife at age 15.
"...my father's cod to meet"
Flame Oz night show—even better than the day one!
Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia
I considered majoring in marine biology...
...so I could study tide pools...
...but I didn't want to get up at 8 AM...
...for chemistry lab...
My view through a baby stroller
...so I became an English major instead.
The local United Church in Halifax
Jazz at Stayner's Wharf Pub & Grill in Halifax
Nova Scotia wine is really good!
The oldest Anglican church in Canada
I just liked the way this gravestone looked—I have no idea who Richard was
Not the same bird that tried to eat James's lobster
Groovy neon sign
Our daily challenge at the Citadel Hotel
You know you're in a college town when the restroom graffiti...
...is a lengthy debate over whether it's misogynist to correct a woman's spelling of misogyny.
Other priorities
Supporting the local coffee shop
Public Gardens in Halifax
Butts on a bench
Winston Churchill
Although it did find something to eat
Orono, Maine
"Hey, I'm eating here!"
View of the Clock Tower
Taken in honor of Mom who always bought laminated place mats on our travels
I love tide pools.
The Clock Tower
Over 90% of Maine is forested. The view for 6 hours.
Along the High Line trail, NYC (January 2011)
View of the river, NYC (January 2011)
NYC (January 2011)
Battery Park boardwalk, NYC (January 2011)
Stonewall Inn, NYC (January 2011)
Vanguard jazz club, NYC (January 2011)
View from our hotel room
Public art
Our hotel
Jack-o-Lantern Spectacular at the Roger Williams Park Zoo
Occupy Providence
Great old sign
Window in Grace Episcopal Church
Window in Local 121 pub
We want to go to that school!
War Memorial
Go Baptists!
