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Entries from July 2007

Me and my shadow

July 28th, 2007 · Comments Off

That’s me and Son tagging along on the local bike path. The Adams Trail-A-Bike isn’t that unusual, to my mind, but it gets a lot of comments.

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Tags: Bicycling · Family · Son

Daughter on her two-wheeler

July 28th, 2007 · Comments Off

Daughter loses the training wheels:

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Tags: Bicycling · Daughter · Family

Daughter learns to lose the training wheels

July 25th, 2007 · Comments Off

Daughter has long outgrown her little bike with the training wheels. Even though she has done 12-mile rides on it, we all knew that it was long past time to upgrade to something a little bigger … and to ditch the training wheels. But riding on two wheels is a hard thing, and Daughter just [...]

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Tags: Bicycling · Daughter

Fun day out

July 15th, 2007 · Comments Off

We had a fun day out today. We biked 12 miles today (Daughter on her little tiny bicycle with training wheels) and explored a waterfront state park. There was a small shack there with a naturalist and exhibits, and the kids were mesmerized.

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Tags: Bicycling · Daughter · Family · Son

An awesome day

July 8th, 2007 · Comments Off

In honor of son’s birthday, we went to a local aquarium. A temporary exhibit there allowed the kids to feed and closely observe colorful Australian birds. Afterward, the kids played at a small beach while I photographed a lighthouse. Daughter proclaimed the day “awesome”.

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Tags: Daughter · Family · Lighthouses · Son · Travel

Stonington Light

July 8th, 2007 · Comments Off

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Tags: Lighthouses

Daughter takes the helm

July 5th, 2007 · Comments Off

Daughter steers my friend’s sailboat. Below is the whole crew: JB, Daughter, Son, and Sister.

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Tags: Boating · Daughter · Outdoors

Fire Island Light

July 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off

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Tags: Lighthouses · Photography