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wedding and more...

   On Thursday, we flew to Boston to go to my nephew, Alex's, wedding.  I was invited to a Bride's Luncheon by the bride's mom.  It was a fun event at a restaurant on Harvard Square.  Nice and intimate, we go to visit alot and really relaxed with each other.

The next day was the wedding.  Boston was HOT and HUMID! But we managed to get through.  Adam and Ross looked incredibly handsome in their shirts and ties, but really didn't like all the dressing up required.  The reception was held at the same venue where John F Kennedy announced his decision to run for President.  How cool is that?

I love this photo that John took of Adam and Ross and I...well, except the the squidgy eyes that now show themselves in all of my photos...is this what getting old is all about?  Squidgy eyes?  Really?

It was so hot that they had Japanese fans for us in the pews.  Ross was using one even BEFORE the wedding.  The bride, Ashley, had spent a year in Japan in High School and her host family came all the way from Kyoto. 

Adam had cool green sunglasses (with checkerboard side rims).  All my men in one photo!  Too bad we were missing Bonnie.  And we did miss her.

 The groom wore a kilt, as any good Scottish descendent would, of course. 

The next day (today, Sunday), there was a wonderful brunch at Legal Seafood, on Harvard Square.  Adam and Ross sat at the kids' table.  Here they are with their cousin, Betsy...sister of the groom.  Don't Betsy and Ross look alike?

Betsy's boyfriend, Abraham, was such a doll.  Funny, handsome, and really charming!  They make a great couple.

John and his brother, Alan (father of the groom), don't get to see each other often.  So, it was a wonderful chance for them to catch-up.

John's mom, Jean, flew all the way across country with us.  She's 95 and she was so glad she came.

 

We left the brunch, dropped Adam and Ross at the airport and headed north to New Hampshire to spend a night on Lake Winnipesaukee.  As soon as we crossed the state line into New Hampshire, the rain started to fall...and has fallen (hard) for a good deal of the afternoon and evening. 

We visit our friends, Ray and Shannon, for the rest of our week in Vermont...starting tomorrow.  Oh, the mojitos are calling to me already!

more Oregon Garden...

More photos processed from the Oregon Garden.  Gorgeous! 

One of my favorite things was the Hobbit Hole in the Children's Garden.  They put a piece of plastic pipe down, covered it with soil, planted the hill they made with grass and plants, and put a little round wooden door with window cutouts on each side.  How clever and how jealous I was that I did not have one of these when I was a kid! 

They also made a Couple out of plant pots and gave them plant hair.  Awesome.

I processed one of the waterlily photos to look like they were nightlights!

The orange flowers are Tithonia, which I keep meaning to put in my garden.  I have only seen the seed packets, though, and growing most things from seed seems like much too much work!

      

Oregon Garden, Mom, and Me

My mom and I went to The Oregon Garden in Silverton today. It was only 72 degrees and overcast but it made for wonderful wandering weather. We had lunch at the new resort hotel that has opened there and the food was good and inexpensive and plentiful. We had a great day.

The world is round...

...that is the name of my fave photo from yesterday's jaunt out into the Oregon countryside just south of Salem.  I went to Stayton to find a plant (a Caryopteris) at a nursery out there.  Luckily, I had my camera along and I found some gorgeous things to photograph.  As you can tell, I love to process my pictures so that have that wonderful, color-drenched look...incredibly bright and warm. 

Also, note the photo of the whirlwind in the bare field.  There were several of these things out there yesterday...kind of spooky-looking...

 

squishy...

I had my yearly mammogram today.  Oh, the joy of being compressed beneath a plastic plate.  Oh yes, crank it down 'just' a little bit further.  Now, to hold my breath for just a few seconds...

I found out last year that I had this thing called a 'hamartoma' in my breast.  It is a benign tumor that is very rare.  Of the tumors found in the breast, only 0.7% of them are hamartomas.  Yay for me for being somewhat unique.  The problem is that it continues to grow and it is making me lopsided, so to speak.  So, next week I go to see the surgeon and figure out when I can get it out of there!