Monthly Archives: November 2009

Loft Door In Old Town Alexandria

So, t’was a blustery day in the neighborhood. Temps around 40, wind around 25. Sun coming up through clear skies. Kelsey and I were wandering about in the cold buying onions, cupcakes, etc., waiting for the breakfast place to open. I like doors and of course, Old Town has an incredible collection of doors. The...

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WSHS Dance Team – UDA Champions!! A Slide Show

I had a chance to sit down last night and upload most of the photos from the dance team competition last weekend. I decided the easiest thing to do was to put them into a slide show with some music that’s appropriate. This team was absolutely outstanding! They were tight and kept it together even...

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WSHS Dance Team & Football

I haven’t really been able to put many photos up and quite frankly the night shots aren’t as good as they should be, probably something to do with needing a new lens or camera or something. But, these are from the football game on October 2 (see post below) but there’s more of them. I...

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Dance Team Champions!! – West Springfield High School

The champions for the UDA Dance Team Competition — WSHS! They were “shockingly” good and made an impression on the judges and audience that will no doubt last a long time.  They were different than the others, more striking the others, more choreographed than the others, more of a unit than the others, and just...

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My Own Soup

From two posts ago, Kelsey was testing the butternut squash soup. We both liked the taste so much that I bought some fresh squash and made soup for dinner that night. Along with the dried cranberry salad I thought all was a success. Except of course, the kids thought the dinner was from another planet...

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Mountain Church

When I saw a wide spot in the road while I was wandering about–I would stop. This was a “lookout” that overlooked a mountain valley that was expansive with rolling hills, farms, and this lone church. I was using a 200mm and the sky was a lttle hazy. I would like to see the same...

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