Vermont to Switzerland
Ava and I got up early, snagged some hot chocolate and coffee, and watched and photographed the sunrise from Shelburne Farms.
My favorite shot of the morning was just as the sun peaked out from behind Camel’s Hump.
I love these micro adventures with the girls. Scheming and planning for more.
I bracketed most of my shots – so I tried out the Merge>HDR feature in Lightroom.
The girls got a lesson on my camera last week and I dusted off my old Canon G12 for them to use. Yesterday before school Ava and I scheduled time to explore town and a park on the way to school. I loved watching her look at the world, and teaching her about how cameras (and our eyes) process images.
Toy boats at the Sailing Center.
A family hike up Crane Mountain in the ADKs a few weeks back, during our yearly week staying on Lake George.
Lovely day, good company, and fun terrain near the top.
Spent a bit of time back at ‘home’ in Cleveland with mom after she had a knee replacement. I brought back a few tools that I had in storage there, and spent time reminiscing about my dad, while picking through the garage.
So many memories embedded in his tools – from learning to use a pocket knife, to getting a stern talking to after using the drill press and band saw when he wasn’t supervising (at age 10), to welding, remodeling, plumbing, electric, and all the rest.
After school walk during the last week of school for the girls at Shelburne Farms. I never tire of the buildings and views from the Farm Barn:
Horse:
Flower Child:
Texture:
We’ve managed to pack in a few rides home from school. This sometimes requires me to tow both bikes to the waterfront, so the girls can ride home.
We’ve rolled out first few family rides if 2016. Ava is on a new, larger 24″ ‘mountain’ bike. She will be taking a Little Bellas camp at Catamount this year.
The little one wants to ride everywhere on the tiny little wheels. She has been a trooper so far, riding farther than I imagined she would.
We carry her and her bike on the Yuba when she gets tired.
Both girls have been asking about Silver Lake camping and a bike trip. Ava wants to carry her own gear – she’s been eying a rack and my old panniers for her new bike. I’m excited for both of those ideas.
