Project 2012 -- Week 36

Project 2012 -- Week 36

September 2-8

Welcome to my Project 2012 weekly post!  This is my time for looking back over the past week, choosing my seven favorites images, and sharing them here with you.  If you have a project you're working on, please leave a comment so I can visit your blog and see what you're up to!

Yes, I'm behind in my posting again.  But I have a great excuse.  And you won't get to hear about it until I'm caught up with Project 2012 posts.  Sorry.  :)

This particular week was all about Labor Day, and the parade and the time we spent with good friends.  I was busy preparing for a special trip (yes, more on that later), and couldn't take many pictures the rest of the week.  Here we go--featuring...Labor Day in Naperville!

A friend brought along this chair, which made Fernando look small.  If you know Fernando in real life, you know he's as big as a pro football linebacker.  :)

[246] Mini Fernando!

While waiting for the parade to begin, I took some pictures of flowers in my friend's garden.  Here's one I really like.

[247] Pink

The Knights of Columbus was giving out balloons for donations, and they had lots of takers.

[248] Parade balloons

Love this old truck in the parade!

[249] Old truck

When the library display rode by, there were several storybook characters walking along.  We knew Peter Rabbit and the others, but this one eluded us.  Do you know which character this is??

[250] Storybook character

There were lots of dogs in the parade, and I think every one of them was panting.  It was pretty hot that day!

[251] Hot dog

I just had to share this image I snapped of two women walking the parade.  I don't know if they were able to make it the whole way.  I don't think I could walk 25 steps in either pair!

[252] Walking the parade

Hope you enjoyed the parade pics; next week's images are ready to go and will post really soon!  Can't wait to see what you've been up to!!


Treasuring life's moments,
Christine

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Looking Through the Gates of Heaven

Sunsets are so beautiful

that they almost seem

as if we were looking through

the gates of Heaven.

John Lubbock

This was the last sunset of vacation.  The amazing thing about a sunset, is that there are several mini-sunsets within the whole.  Ellie with her wonderful technology can capture each stage of the sun setting, and I end up with several sunsets, each image just as beautiful as the other.  Come with me, step by step, through this last amazing sunset.

If I experienced nothing of this vacation except sunsets, I would have been content.


Treasuring life's moments,
Christine

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Last Summer Boat Ride

For my family and me, there are a lot of vacation traditions at Lake Bonaparte.   One of them is the last boat ride.  This usually occurs the day before we leave, and involves at least an hour on the lake, just cruising along.  Well, cruising really is too fast a word.  It's like a stroll, but in a boat.  Is there a word for that?

The last boat ride includes scenery, people and various architecture around the lake.  Enjoy!

The closest I've ever been to a loon (telephoto lens at 300mm!)

Slightly atilt

We saw this young girl learning how to waterski.  I love the first shot; you can see her mom's hands letting her go.  I think she was just practicing, because in the second shot she simply let go of the rope and went into the water.  She had a great take-off!

You need a boat to get to this boat

What a great last boat ride!


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Christine

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Carthage and Bluegrass

This sign says it all:

Another Wednesday evening concert in the little village of Carthage.  This particular concert had me tapping my foot, clapping my hands, and bobbing my head for two hours.  It's hard to take pictures when you're doing that.  But I did okay.

Meet the Atkinson family bluegrass band.  And Nate--he's the mandolin player on the left.  He also plays fiddle, really well.  Here he is, below.  Too bad you can't hear how he played; it was awesome.

Below is the patriarch of the family, and the banjo player.  He played great.  In fact, the whole band played great.

Many who came to the steel drum concert the week before returned for this concert.  That gave me some opportunities to take some candid shots of the audience.

The bass player (below) married into the family; she played and sang beautifully.

The ladies sing a cappella

Pink must have been the clothing theme of the night; I spotted several girls wearing that color, and couldn't resist taking their pictures.

Love the below!  Talk about candid!

I saved two little pink-clad girls for last, because they were just so incredibly cute.  I couldn't decide which images to choose, so you get them all.  Enjoy the little-girly-girl show!

Okay, I think I just adore this last shot--their expressions, the twirling legs, the flying hair.  Just cute, cute, cute.  :)

Treasuring life's moments,
Christine

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