Carter's Birthday Brunch

Carter's eighth birthday gave Scott and Cheryl impetus to create an outdoor brunch, and magnificent it was!  Here is the birthday boy!

What a feast.  Cheryl kept bringing out more and more. 
Here's the waffles.

and Fruit and Sausage

a frittata!

Rigo and Carol and da bacon!

Time to open presents!

Some of Dad's artwork

Before we left, Alex insisted on showing us his new train set-up.

The color red

Out of sheer boredom, I visited some old pictures and put together a show which I will call
"Mostly Red" and present it to maybe cheer you up,
Here Goes.

North River, Scituate

Ponkapoag Trail, Canton

Strier Conservancy, Middleboro

Taken at Pratt Farm, Middleboro

from the Atlanta Botanical Garden

Outside my window

 Florida

Cemetery in Duxbury

Heritage Gardens, Sandwich, MA

Nova Scotia

New Mexico

Newfoundland

This is probably my earliest photograph, taken with a Nikon F5 and extension tube.

Sunset, Prince Edward Island

Taunton River in Bridgewater, MA

Grand Canyon

Glossy Ibis, etc.

Two trips to Burrage Park, a wonderful sighting of Glossy Ibis, the Sandhill Cranes again, and some indulgent photos of my flowers.

Glossy  Ibis

Sandhill Cranes

I couldn't believe the color of this bee.

And to my flowers.

Every picture in this blog was taken with my 100-400 Zoom, and I can't believe the versatility.
This bug is about the size of a fingernail, and look at the color!   I have a macro lens that doesn't do
this well (the lens stabilization really makes a difference).