He has arrived, about two weeks early!  Samson Carter Wauchope, second grandson from Cheryl and Scott,  boren July 28, 6lbs, 14 ozs, born at 11;22 PM

Very healthy, very beautiful.  The pictures say it all.

Up at 5 AM to travel down to Wellfleet Sanctuary, and the following are the result. A Green Heron, Snowy Egret, a pair of young Orchard Orioles, and various and sundry peeps.

I just descovered this photo, which had been lost for a lot of years.  It shows me on stage at Symphony Hall, probably in the late 60's or early 70's, when Michal Tilson Thomas was guest conducting.  The program opened with a  series of Gabrielli for double brass choir, and in the picture you see Roger Voisin, Gerald Geoghan, Ron Barron and myself as choir 2, and  in the other choir, not pictured, was Armando Ghitalla, Andre Come, Bill Gibson, and Gordan Hallberg.  Kind of neet to be the only outside player hired by the BSO that weekend.

I am also uploading a few of my lilies for this summer, and one butterfly shot.

There are so many great things about living near Boston (Red Sox, Fanuel Hall, Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, Legal Seafood, Paparazzi (the restaurant), the Museum of Fine Arts, Peabody-Essec Museum, the Fuller Craft Museum, and last, but certainly not least, the Harbor Express Ferry to Boston from Quincy, where, as a Senior Citizen, I can ride into one of the great harbours in the world, with a fantastic skyline, and arrive at Long Wharf, go to the North End and eat great Italian("La Summa" comes to mind), and all for $6. round trip (!!!), and $3. parking.
And along the way, you can partake in such spectacles as the Tall Ships ("Op. Sail Boston, 2012"
as witness the enclosed photos.  Talk about timing the ferry ride in with the arrival of the ships.

And last night I looked in on the Satuit Band, my community band for 21 years, from which I retired this Spring, and watched my successor, Charlie Shaffer lead them in a concert in Rockland, and doing very very well, thank you.  Good Band!  Enjoy the photos. (don't forget to double click any one for enlargement.)
 

What a wild and wonderful week.  Susan and I had two of the grandchildren (Jackson, Oliver), and we kept them for five days (!) which meant a trip to Battleship Cove in Fall River, the Heritage Plantation in Sandwich,  and with Cheryl, Scot and Alex, now two, to the cottage on Saquish, down the long spit of sand below powder point. 
And this AM (Monday) I redrove the route to saquish at 6:00 AM to see some birds and had a spectacular morning of Willets, Horned Larks, and Great Blue Herons. Don't forget to double-click the images to enlarge.

Enjoy it all.