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Goin Green
Our town’s annual St. Patrick’s Parade was this past Saturday. It was as late in March as I think it ever has been. It’s usually held the Saturday immediately following St. Patrick’s Day, but with Easter coming so early this year it kinda threw off the schedule.
Anyway, we headed over to Grandma & Grandpa’s for our $500,000 sky box parade viewing seats. Timmy lost interest pretty early on (Daddy in his firetruck, Grandpa Jack, Uncle Joe & Aunt Gail in the bagpipe band, and the horses all passed in the beginning of the parade) and went inside for some TV time with Hakka (aka Grandpa Ken). The big boys watched for a pretty long time, lost interest after seeing most of their friends in the parade, went inside for some TV, but made a second appearance once I told them Jack’s teacher from 2nd grade was there with her baby. So they stuck it out til the end so we could see and cheer for "Uncle Jerry". He’s like Santa at the end of the Thanksgiving parade- closing out the parade with style. Maybe some hope that spring is actually coming yet! See the buds on the tree? Woohoo!
John rode in his firetruck. Do you remember the whole fiasco about him and his (f******) newspaper that he HAD TO HAVE everyday after back surgery? You know, the one he was going to walk 10 blocks round trip every morning to go and get after having a hole drilled in his spine? The same paper that he cannot LIVE without every day? Well…check this out. So totally busted!
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The nur wedding- part 4 {the reception}
Finally, the very last part of the wedding. I had so much fun editing all of the pictures and I’m almost sad I’m done! The reception shots were definitely more relaxed than the rest as the stressful parts were over, everyone was becoming more "lubricated", and it was time to have some fun. I think there was quite a lot of fun!
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Introducing…The Turn
My first ever band shoot! So much fun, too! Three great guys who have a really rockin band called The Turn. They are local and are branching out. Even starting to play some shows in NYC. I got a copy of their CD "Long Story Short" and they are really good. Listened to it the whole time I was editing the pictures. Here’s a link to their website so you can listen to a little of their music RockTheTurn. They are playing a bunch of upcoming dates around Long Island,so go see them if you can :
- April 5th 7:30pm Molloy College Battle of the Bands
- April 17th 7:30pm Molloy College Opening for "Big Shot" (billy joel cover band)
- April 27th 10-12am Hofstra University Max Kolb Telethon
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And the mystery illness is…
Fifth’s Disease! No, not lymphoma (well, at least not at this time anyway). The doctor called this morning with the test results. I am Parvovirus 15 positive. At least it explains everything- the enlarged lymph nodes, the low grade fever, the all over rash, the red cheeks, and now the very swollen and very arthritic joints (especially, hands, wrists, and knees). And as a bonus, I can expect to enjoy the arthritis aspect for another 3 or so weeks. Fabulous! So thank you to everyone who sent good (non-lymphoma) vibes my way. It worked! I can honestly say that the whole thing scared the crap out of me. And where I picked up Fifths from….NO IDEA.
I did far, far too much today so I am going to be paying for it tommorrow. Three shoots coming up this weekend, not including the one from today. Took Timmy to the park twice today- once this morning with his best buddy, Jack, and once this afternoon while the big boys had soccer practice. The two of them are already wise to my tricks to try to get them to look at the camera. So they just won’t look. Some shots from the first park trip:
Then Timmy had Cats where HE played soccer:
And so it begins…soccer season has officially (almost) started. The first practice today with a lot of out of shape boys! A few of the kids from their team dropped out over the winter, so they should be getting more field time this season. The official start is in two weeks. Baseball too. We’re gonna be busy! There are at least some hints of green now- not everything is completely brown and grey anymore. Spring might actually come. I wish I had brought my telephoto lens for some pictures of the boys on the field. These were as good as I could get. And while the big boys practiced, Timmy and I hit the playground (again). Done with pictures yet?? No? Me neither!
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the mcd baby
My third and final shoot from last weekend, at last. This baby was such a smiley little thing- which was especially surprising since he’s only just a month old! I don’t think I’ve ever seen social smiles (and believe me, they for sure were social smiles- not gas) in a baby this little. And when he smiled, it was really kinda heart melting! His parents said they have never seen him this awake for this long in his short life. And this baby just had the best eye contact! He was forever looking right at me. He and I really hit it off and were fast friends! Dad, as most dads, wasn’t so excited by the whole photoshoot prospect, but I think he liked me more after the Mets pictures.