Archive for October, 2008

I Always Remember the Tune

October 26th, 2008

It was a PY day today: went to the 315 to celebrate Mom’s birthday (which was actually Friday) with the fam. Here’s a picture of Mom and her li’l sis, Tracy. If you look closely, you’ll see that Tra has a tear in her eye – stemming from a conversation about… caramel beets. Of course! Happy birthday, dear mama.

The title of this post is from a quote by Graycie Harmon:

My mom is a neverending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune.

Before coffee time, Mom, Dad, Jennie, and I took a stroll along the leaf-strewn streets of PY. Here’s a picture of the gang heading down East Main Street:

And here’s sunshine through the leaves. It was a gorgeous, windy, sunshine-filled autumn afternoon. Sad to think we won’t have many more before the snow starts flying.

Finally, here’s a shot of the guy who guards the front porch at Mom and Dad’s. I think we should call him No-Neck Jack. Happy Almost Halloween!

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Posted in Family, Holidays

A Symbol of Eternity

October 19th, 2008

Today is Grandma and Grandpa Richmond’s 63rd wedding anniversary. Five children, fourteen grandchildren (including spouses), and one great-grandchild… not bad for a lifetime! Grandma and Grandpa Snyder were married for 67 years. So you can see where I get my wild ideas. :-)

I went to PY yesterday to see Gma and Gpa, and while I was there Mom, Dad, Jennie, and I went to Bellona to get pumpkins. Here’s a picture:

Jennie also treated me to a sneak peek of her Halloween costume, which she made. In case you can’t guess from the photo below, she’s going as… Michael Myers (er, the one from Halloween). Ahhhhhh! I’m never going to sleep again, Jen.

Tonight I went to a dinner party at Doug’s, and snapped a few pictures. You can see them, as well as a few more pumpkin shots, here.

The title of this post is from this quote (by “Anonymous”):

Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.

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Posted in Family, Friends, Holidays

Bittersweet October

October 15th, 2008

October is the best month of the year. Leaves, pumpkins, grapes, apples, Halloween! I’ve been watching scary movies (as much as I can stand by myself), and enjoying kicking up the leaves when I walk my miles on the canal path. Tonight I took a few autumn-inspired pictures (and used some Photoshop filters on some of them), like the grapes from Scott and Debbie’s vineyard (ha!) above. And here’s a shot of a little pumpkin I bought at the farmer’s market at work today:

Tracy brought me some delicious cider from Wager’s on Sunday – it’s like fall in a cup. Thanks, Tra!

And not that this has anything to do with the season, but here’s a picture of The Bean. As usual, just because.

The title of this post is from a quote by Carol Bishop Hipps:

Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter.

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Posted in Events, Friends, Holidays, Site Updates

What Doesn’t Itch

October 11th, 2008

Here (at long last) is a picture from Gilda’s Gala! I’m on the right (obviously), that’s Iron Beth in the middle, and I don’t know the name of the glamorous gal on the left. The title of this post comes from a quote by, appropriately enough, Gilda Radner:

I base most of my fashion sense on what doesn’t itch.

I love that! Something else I love: my new treadmill!

Tom and Tra are coming up tomorrow to help me get it into the apartment. Now I can workout while watching Bob and Jillian kick butt on The Biggest Loser, instead of lying on the couch, feeling guilty. Ha!

Finally, it’s been at least two weeks since I mentioned Prison Break. There ya go: Prison Break. :-)

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Posted in Entertainment, Events, Training/Races

The Cure for Anything

October 6th, 2008

I know I haven’t seen a lot of the world, but the southern coast of Maine is one of the most beautiful, peaceful places I know. I just spent a long weekend in York, and the weather was gorgeous. Blue skies, sunshine, a cold breeze off the ocean. I took a ton of pictures, only about half of which I put online. Really! You can see them here. I also took a little video on Saturday afternoon on Long Sands Beach, which you can see here. It was pretty… different… to take a vacation by myself, and although the shopping was good (love those end-of-season discounts!) and the food delicious, and I logged a lot of miles on the beaches of York and Ogunquit, I was definitely ready to come home. And I’m just as ready to go back again next year!

The picture above is of the view from the lawn at The Cutty Sark on Long Sands Beach, where I stayed. And the title of this post is from a quote by Isak Dinesen:

The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea.

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Posted in Travel

Don’t Vote

October 1st, 2008

Watch this. Do it!

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Posted in Events