Lis's Project 365

There has been a pair of herring gulls nesting on the green roof at work, and at some point over the last few days, the eggs hatched. There are 3 chicks (in the photo, one of them is hiding under mom. or dad. hard to say.) I’m sure I’ll continue to photograph the little grey fuzzballs as they grow and turn into big grey gulls.

it will take a few years for them to come into the adult plumage their parents have, assuming they all make it to adulthood safely.

We had a good-bye party after work for a coworker who is moving on, as they say, to new challenges. He’s been supervising the teen workers at the museum for many years now; here’s two of this year’s teens trying to figure out how to sing “Horse with no Name.” Neither of them actually knows the song at all, but it only has like 3 chords in it, and the kid playing the guitar only knows about 3 chords. So there you are.

Doug and I bought a new pillow-top mattress recently. Or should I say “dog kennel”?

Lucky for us, the town fireworks are practically across the street from our house, just a short walk away. So we had folks over for an afternoon BBQ before heading over and making ourselves comfortable before the show began.

the Boston Society of Spontaneity was at it again today, with an Adventure of Mystery and  Danger and Stuff. While it was not my favorite event thus far, it was still fun, and I highly encourage all of you to join me next time.

Here’s Jeff, standing at the gateway to Chinatown, where we were directed to go, trying to decode a secret message on the ground, while listening to further instructions on his cell.

The jellyfish usually appear in the Channel a bit earlier than this, but here they are. Some years there are tons of them, and some there are hardly any and sometimes none at all. These are the common moon jellies, but they’re still neat to see.

Welcome back! And to those who didn’t play along last year–welcome!
So here I go again, trying to take a photo every day for a year. I really missed it these past 6 months and I’m curious to see what I come up with this time around. While my goal is a photo every day, I proved in 2009 that I could do that, so if I do accidentally miss a day, I will not beat myself up over it.

Anyway….here’s the first photo. Me and my Canon, off on a new Adventure.

Doug had to step out onto the front porch yesterday, and this is what was left behind. Pollen shouldn’t be that conducive to footprints.

On our recent vacation to the Outer Banks, Doug and I bought a kite and flew it at Jockey Ridge State Park, which has the highest sand dunes on the east coast. It’s a great spot for hang-gliding, kite-boarding and other wind-related activities.

We bought a stunt kite, which has two strings that you use to direct your kite and do various aerobatics with it. Not as easy as it sounds. I’m sure Charlie Brown could relate.

the warm weather a couple weeks ago gave the lilac bushes a bit of a jump start. I spotted these buds on one of them today. I don’t remember what the blooms look like, but I hope they stay this nice dark color.