PAW catchup 2006

I got very busy with the holidays and creating Fine Art custom albums for clients like this one HERE so I had to let the PAW photos pile up on my PC until I had a moment to post them. If I get to it, I'll break these down into individual posts, but if not here they all are with Haiku.


tall trees impress me.
these are taller than most are
in the woods I hunt



a shadow portrait
honourably seeking meat
to feed the family



quite a feast to see
all this food laid out nicely
how thankful are we!



A Christmas Carriage
in the Bridgton Yule Parade
It was a chill night.



My mom turned 60
everyone she knows showed up
a joyous surprise!



mugging the camera
big toothy grins all for show
these are my daughters.



chopsticks to eat with
good thing we have silverware
they'd starve using these!



Yuletide ritual
we five gathered on a hill
to remember Light.



a yurt Yule party
the Grove with our families
we had a good time.



Santa Came last night.
They were patient and waited
for their dad's photo.

PAW 2006 - Wk#43 AnotherDeer

deer in our front yard
are not an uncommon sight
we live in their woods

Of course hunting season is about to begin...somehow they realise this and will make themselves scarce until deep winter.

PAW 2006 - Wk#42 Gratuitous Foliage Photos

Peak hit so quickly
I nearly missed all the leaves
that would have been sad.







These are all from within 5 miles of our home.

PAW 2006 - Wk#41 Fryeburg Fair

masses of people
fattening treats everywhere
it smells like heaven.



Standard Bred Sulky racing has been a mainstay of the Fair for most of its history.

PAW 2006 - Wk#40 - Fall Fungi

Baxter Woods trailside
Fall Fungi delights the eye
Temporary joy!

PAW 2006 - Wk #39 - Two Lights

We now interupt the regularly scheduled BLOG for a typical cliche Maine image...


Now that that is out of the system, we can now return you to your regularly scheduled BLOG exploring the lives of a typical Western Maine family as they also head to the coast to enjoy one of the last nice Summer days...

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We went to Two Lights in Cape Elizabeth. We didn't go to the State Park, but rather had lunch at the Lobster Shack at the end of Two Lights Rd. and then explored the rocks and the periwinkles and crabs down below the Two Lights that gave name to the State Park.


If I had had a teacher like this when I was in school, I think I'd have had much more fun and got much better marques! (Yes, my kids know that I have the hots for their teacher...even after almost 20 years of marriage.)

home education
often means leaving one's home
to explore the world

Learning opportunities never end for a homeschooling family...Tracey is really great with the Earth Sciences especially when we can get hands on and do some field work with the grrrls.







While not part of our class activites this MECCA student was working with a nice 4X5 view camera down on the beach below one of the Two Lights for an upcoming assignment...