on a 3 hour cruise...

Sunday, we decided to take a nice cruise around the lake and see how the fall colors were coming along. We rode north to Lake Norman State Park, stopped for cheese and crackers (and m&m's), rode to Hidden Harbor to check on the house then home. Hannah brought a friend and it was quite an enjoyable afternoon. The weather was warm but cool while riding on the boat. The colors were not quite peaking - still a week or 2 out.

While riding home we saw a bald eagle, we stopped to watch, it circled the boat a few times then flew off. Just long enough for me to change to my zoom lens - well, just long enough for me to get it on the camera, not long enough for me to actually get a picture. I believe this was the first bald eagle we have seen on the lake.

ignore...unless you are susaan.....

For Susaan.....Pick one or two....if you like any with the BW images...well, I did these fast and can make the BW contrast look better for the real thing. Let me know which you like best: Black/color images, black/ BW images, White/Color images or White/BW images. Click on the image to see larger.

an oldie but a goodie...

I have been meaning to post this for ages. Yesterday I was tossing out junk cleaning up and found it again. This is her letter home from summer camp and I just love the illustration at the end! Click on the image to get it larger...

tuesday night band concert...

Hannah had her first band concert Tuesday night. She and a friend elected to play a duet - Frere Jacques - Hannah on the flute and Mandi on the clarinet. They went second and did great.


Then we had a crummy spaghetti dinner. Very crummy. Then we sat through the chorus - alot of chorus. Then the band played again.

See her tucked in right in front of Mr. Lowe? I think she was hiding from me. Later she said she was worried that Mr. Lowe would hit her with the baton!

It was really fun to see her up there playing an instrument - after only picking it up about 6 weeks ago!

about those letters...

I have made a couple of these with my letters I shot from nature. Or at least found objects that look like letters. Here is one....




This was printed 6"x12" and is in a black frame on my bookshelves. I want to do a large "Lakeview" but I'd like to put it on an old piece of wood or a shutter so I am looking for one....

where did the weekend go.....

We had a busy weekend.

Early Saturday morning, H and I went to East Lincoln Christian Ministries to work in the clothes closet (like goodwill). Hannah has to do this for her church confirmation classes. Then we had a middle school lock in Sat. night. I stayed till 11pm-ish then returned at 8am to make breakfast.
Hannah had nursery duty at 9:30 then at 11:00 I was the godmother at a baptism. Out to lunch with the family, home for a few hours then back to church for a pig pickin' at 5:30.


So not much else to add.....

one down....

20 to go. Ha Ha. I actually finished all of them this weekend. This is my first one that hannah got to keep since the stitching was a little wonky. And this is probably the cutest of the bunch.

Church craft sale - I am ready!!!!!