Here are some natural fireworks for y’all…
Guaranteed not to cause brush fires! We can probably credit this beautiful iris (at least we think it’s an iris) to accidentally watering the front yard for four hours Monday morning.
Congratulations Kevin! A freshly minted BS in Film, Video and Media Studies from Western Michigan, and now on to Wayne State for Library Science!
Click on the photo below for a slideshow…
Last Sunday was the inaugural Lansing Marathon and Angie ran the full race while I ran the half marathon with Chocho. It was a cold, windy day which slowed down the runners, but Angie ran so well she won the women’s masters’ division. Go Ang! Chocho won the dog division by being the only dog in the race as far as we know. I enjoyed all the attention lavished on Chocho, including a big round of applause as we crossed the finish line.
These pics are from a professional web site, and suitably framed copies are just a click away…
Our friend Shari and daughter Gracie look for us and daddy Patrick at the finish line, with Bee and Frankie
Bee’s soccer season has already started, but here is the game schedule. Most of the games are at 11:30, so you can make it and still sleep in! You can find maps to all the fields here.
April 21, 11:30 am, EL Stars at Okemos
Location: Okemos Hartick E
April 28, 9 am EL Stars vs. Williamston
Location: EL Complex 5
May 5, 11:30 am, EL Stars vs. Mason
Location: EL Complex 4
May 12, 11:30 am, EL Stars at Haslett
Location: Haslett Fields Ralya
May 19, 11:30 am, EL Stars vs. Williamston
Location: EL Complex 4
A food trailer called Trailer Park’d opened a restaurant this winter in west Lansing called Fork in the Road. We’ve been there for Sunday Brunch a couple of times, and the food is outstanding!
This is the Breakfast Sandwich with smoked beef, cheddar, fried egg and burnt onion-- mmm!
We’re glad they are open on Sunday, because Soup Spoon is not! Need to get there for dinner some time soon…
This is actually supposed to be a cowboy song (bum-pa dum-pa dum-pa dum-pa dum, ridin’ over the trail…) But it works nicely as a ringtone.
John Barton had three sons, all of whom rose to fame — Andrew, the eldest and most renowned; Robert, familiarly known among Leith sailor folk as Robin, and by the English, who held him in wholesome dread, as Rob o’ Barton; and John, who was only less celebrated than his two elder brothers. All of them were distinguished naval officers of James IV., and skilled and daring navigators. They fought in many a stubborn sea fight between Norway and the Canaries. The names of all three brothers, and most frequently of all that of Andrew, occur in Andrew Halyburton’s ledger, showing that they traded more or less regularly between Leith and the Low Countries.
Update 1/4/15: The linked page is becoming increasingly wonky, so the entire passage is now reproduced below.
This just happened…
Keep watching until the end, you won’t be disappointed.
Update: recital photos added to the “Christmas 2011” set and the photostream.
New images in the “Christmas 2011” set and the photostream.