Rainbow – Melrose Massachusetts 053109 006-300

Rainow – Melrose Massachusetts 053109 006-300, originally uploaded by Paul-W.

Day starts out with bright sunshine (baseball game #1, 9:00 am).
By baseball game #2 (1:00 pm) the clouds appear, to the relief of the fans in the stands.
Paul starts the grill (leg-o-lamb with herbs, garlic and lemon) and the heavens open up.
Then the sun returns, bringing [...]

Miller and Luke

Generally Miller will socialize with other dogs for five minutes, then head off to search for furry rodents. Over Memorial Day weekend he seemed to bond with Luke, the yellow lab following behind him in this picture. They spent quite a while running together, although Miller would generally fall back when Luke ran into [...]

For Gretchen

Duncan’s 6:22 mile

Melrose-Saugus Middle School Track Meet 049-8×8

In Duncan’s first Middle School track meet he finished second to teammate Will C. in the mile race… by about 1 second. Duncan’s time in the mile was 6:22 – pretty good for a first time! He also competed in the [...]

Melrose High School Junior Prom

Just practicing for when Cameron and/or Duncan reach this age. Lennart, our German exchange student, attended the Melrose High School Junior Prom with his date, Alex. Being new to both the date and prom thing, it was a learning experience: the mandatory parent/student “Make Good Decisions” lecture, shopping for a tuxedo rental (they still [...]