Fran

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New Year's Eve in Media

By: 
Fran
Date: 
Monday, December 31st, 2007

New Year's Eve in Media is a perennial favorite. When we arrived on State Street the ball atop the crane was lit and awaiting the last minute of 2007. We met our friends at the Iron Hill Brewery for snacks before heading back our to the street to join the celebration.

State Street New Year's Eve

Not your Kennett Square mushrooms

By: 
Fran
Date: 
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Deep in the woods of Granville State Forest in south-central Massachusetts, our eyes were opened to the magical world of mushrooms. (No, they weren't "magic" mushrooms.Mushroom

Happy birthday, Paul

By: 
Fran
Date: 
Saturday, January 13th, 2007

Amy and Amanda were on hand for Paul’s second brithday celebration on Saturday, January 13th. We had a nice meal at J.B. Dawson’s (and Paul learned he liked the garlic mashed potatoes). William arrived from work just after we got home, and we had cake with coffee. Since this was the big 64, Paul got out his “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album and played “When I’m Sixty-Four” while we sang along from songsheets.

Paul’s birthday at Anthony’s

By: 
Fran
Date: 
Thursday, January 11th, 2007
The two of us celebrated Paul’s birthday on the actual day with dinner at Anthony’s. Amanda had given him a gift certificate to Anthony’s for Father’s Day, and it was the proverbial “gift that keeps on giving” as we used it for the birthday celebration on Thursday and brought home doggie bags, so we could enjoy it on Friday as well. Happy Birthday, Paul, and thanks, Amanda.

New Year’s 2007 (Iron Hill Brewery, Media)

By: 
Fran
Date: 
Monday, January 1st, 2007
We celebrated the arrival of 2007 at the Iron Hill Brewery in Media. Just before midnight we moved out onto State Street to watch the ball drop. A great time with great friends. See the photos.New Year's 2007

Sailing and our "Blue Boat"

By: 
Fran
Date: 
Saturday, November 11th, 2006

We rescued Blue Boat at a yard sale in the summer of 2004, and she rescued us from the temptation of a somewhat larger boat that is quite probably more than we can handle at this stage of our lives.

Blueboat

An interactive sailing simulator

By: 
Fran
Date: 
Saturday, November 11th, 2006

Test your sailing skills with this interactive sailing simulator. Very cool.

National Geographic developed this Flash application as part of their website on the Volvo Ocean Race 2001-2002.

West Royce Mtn., August 2006

By: 
Fran
Date: 
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

With three days between a family reunion in southern Maine and another family get together at the Connecticut shore, we had just enough time to fit in some backpacking. What better place than the White Mountains to really get away from civilization?

West Royce Mountain

Canoeing at Tinicum

By: 
Fran
Date: 
Sunday, October 27th, 2002

A good spot for canoeing is the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum. It offers very pleasant paddling along Darby Creek.

Canoeing at Tinicum