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An Afternoon in Burlington

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W hile Lukey and Kenzie were visiting with us, we headed up to Burlington for an afternoon on the waterfront in the sun.  Our plan was to walk the waterfront from the Boathouse all the way up to North Beach and then back again.  It was a really beautiful day for this sort of walk but, unfortunately, my health was rather poor this particular day and by the time we reached the short distance to the Coast Guard Station, we had to turn around and find something else to do.  I was weak and generally feeling quite lousy.  We decided to head up to Church Street to have lunch instead. On the beginning of our walk, we walked up to Battery Park.  There is a long straight path to Battery Park that is lined with trees forming a nice canopy over the walkway.  When I first decided to start doing some infrared photography, I had this particular location in mind for a photo.  I wanted to see this tree-lined walkway and canopy in high contrast and with bright white leaves on the trees.  I like how thes

Cruise Day with the Grandkids

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As I sit here waiting for some severe weather to hit us...  heavy rain, hail, high winds, possible tornadoes...  I figured I would share some photos from yesterday.   Yesterday we brought the grandkids up to Burlington for our annual cruise on Lake Champlain.  As always, Will and Sue joined us for the day.   Lukey and Kenzie spent the previous night at Gee and Papa's house.  Gee and I were awoken by 5:30am to giggles and laughter right outside our bedroom door so our day began a bit earlier than we had intended.    The weather was beautiful...  temperatures in the 80s and mostly clear...  so we couldn't ask for better weather!  Since we were out of bed far earlier than intended and the weather was so nice, we made our way to Burlington a bit earlier than necessary.  This gave us a little time to walk around... Kenzie insisted upon bringing Margaret (her baby doll) with her for this cruise... The kids liked these plants...  the giant plants made them feel a bit