Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Hibernia Park
We couldn't have asked for more gorgeous weather yesterday! As my bestfriend Jackie would say 'It's southern California weather!' We packed up the car, headed out to West Chester to pick up my mom and then we were off to find something to do outside. Hibernia Park isn't too far from West Chester so we decided to check it out and do a little walking around. Kyle was excited to test out his latest baby wearing device, the Baby Bjorn. I'm personally not a fan of the bjorn, I prefer my wrap, but Kyle refuses to wear the wrap because it's not 'manly' enough. Anyway, we took a guided tour through the Hibernia mansion, hoping to capture some ghost 'orbs' I took photos of a few antique items and some room shots. Unfortunately I didn't get any orbs in my pictures, but did get some cute shots of Kyle wearing Carver. Tours like this make me appreciate living in the 21st century. Simple daily activities like going to the bathroom outside or in a chair with a little bucket on it, ironing with a hot piece of iron, and wearing multiple layers of clothing on a hot day certainly isn't my idea of a good time.
Here is the Hibernia mansion. Claudia, the tour guide, told me that the bright yellow was the original color of the home.

The two loves of my life...
Claudia the tour guide, standing in front of the original front door and standing on an extremely old woven rug that the county obtained a generous donation to have it recreated!
I thought this was a beautiful door knocker, and the mansion had TWO of them!
Original Victorian baby booties. I couldn't imagine having to button those up on a squirmy little baby.
Antique clothes iron, I played around with the equalizer function in photoshop with this shot.
The motley crew.
Super intricate handmade quilt signed and dated from the late 1800's.
Here is the Hibernia mansion. Claudia, the tour guide, told me that the bright yellow was the original color of the home.

The two loves of my life...

Claudia the tour guide, standing in front of the original front door and standing on an extremely old woven rug that the county obtained a generous donation to have it recreated!

I thought this was a beautiful door knocker, and the mansion had TWO of them!

Original Victorian baby booties. I couldn't imagine having to button those up on a squirmy little baby.

Antique clothes iron, I played around with the equalizer function in photoshop with this shot.

The motley crew.

Super intricate handmade quilt signed and dated from the late 1800's.
Gammy's Birthday Bash
It's been over a month since Gammy's 84th birthday, and I finally got the (fairly long )slideshow together of photos that Kyle and I took during the day. Between the two of us we shot over 300 images, but I edited down to 60 or so, for the show! Gammy is such a sweet grandmother and great-grandmother and is always smiling! We had fabulous weather and lots of delicious barbeque goodness to feast upon! I've got Joan to thank for putting the flame under my arse to get this posted.

Enjoy the slideshow!

Enjoy the slideshow!
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Cappy In All His Puppiness
For the past few days I've been going through old image files looking for website material. I came across the photos Kyle and I took of the day we picked up our beloved friend and family member Cappy. We had forgotten how small and cute he was! Now Cappy is 2 years old and has his share of crazy stories to tell the boys! Here's to many many more Cappy years to come...


This is our favorite portrait of Cappy, taken last fall.







This is our favorite portrait of Cappy, taken last fall.










