Summer Stock - swimming hole

so peaceful

gorgeous

fun

gettin' jiggy with it

heading home

I can't believe it took me this long to think of putting up this cool picture/link so everyone who actually reads MY blog can jump over to Robin's Around The Island and share in the fun!

Summer Stock images - then you're dust

I was drawn by the skull and crossbones

wow

layers

C.G.

D.B.

wow again, with the moss...

George Washington prayed here

I also made a video of these images, with the Robyn Hitchcock song 'Then You're Dust', which you can see here.

Summer Stock video - then you're dust

     While I was looking at the photos I took of some old gravestones in a churchyard in Kingston the other day (I know, my fascination with them is a bit morbid), Robyn Hitchcock's song 'Then You're Dust' kept running through my head.  So I got an idea - why not a Summer Stock video!  It's the first video I've ever attempted, and the process was extremely frustrating, but I think it's cute in the way little children are when they present you with piles of glue with bits stuck in them like they've created La Tour Eiffel out of sheer determination, and beaming with pride.  I actually giggled when it was finally done (yes, this lame attempt at videography took hours to complete)!  The sound is awful, and I'll tell you why - the only copy I have of this song is on cassette (remember those, kids?), and the only tape player I have is in the car...I actually sat in my car at some time past midnight, cranking the volume loud enough to record the song (poorly) on my Blackberry, and then download it to my iTunes so I could join it with the images, and voila!  Crappy video!  *giggle*  I hope you enjoy it - or at least spare a nod for the little artist girl inside holding up the pile of glue and bits...thanks for checking it out!

     What I also find humorous about this week's post is that I took a bunch of pics at the swimming hole of the gorgeous sunlight streaming down through the leaves of the trees and reflecting in the water of the clean, clear river/creek, and a few of the boy's first day of camp, but instead I chose to spend hours working on this little project late into the night to bring you...death!  I'll post those happier Summer images next week, I promise!  In the meantime, enjoy contemplating your mortality - in terms of my own end of life choices, I want my body (after I've passed, of course) to be burned on a wooden pyre on a mountaintop, and the ashes left to sift in the wind, with nothing to mark the spot.  I am here, someday I will be gone, and that will be all there is/was for me.  With no disrespect to anyone or their beliefs, it has always been my opinion that cemetaries are little more than a narcissistic waste of good land that could be used to create organic community gardens for those who are in need.  And don't get me started on the wasted space of city rooftops, where the potential for feeding the hungry and the dispossessed looms large...

*I realized after posting and playing the video that the stones are really hard to see, so I'm gonna put the images up as well, in case anyone wants to see them in more detail, here.

DivaCup giveaway!

just a quickie post to let you all know about the DivaCup giveaway over at Moma Lovebug, be sure to check it out!

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Summer Stock - travels

first night at the new place

candles lighting the trail into the woods to the 'magic meadow' where we joined the local hippies in celebrating the Summer Solstice

8 hours in the car, round-trip - not how we wanted to spend our first day of Summer vacation!

...but it's okay, because we're almost home, and it was for a good reason

not the shot I wanted, but there was a cop behind me, so I thought it might be wise to stop snapping pics out the car window..!

Happy Sunday Everyone!

Summer Stock Tuesday...

Sorry so late this week, just been busy.  Organizing from the move, work, school, just everything.  A bit too much, and I'm overwhelmed.  Not much to show, but here it is anyway - enjoy.

Petey enjoying the new views

end of year school picnic

the love of my life

Looking forward to having a minute to see what everyone else shared!  Blessed Solstice, all, welcome to Summer!

Summer Stock Kaleidoscope

I'm in the middle of moving, so super quick post just to get it up there - here are some really crappy snapshots of the world's largest kaleidoscope (I was lying on the floor, shooting up at the images swirling on the ceiling).  The kaleidoscope is built out of an old silo at the Emerson Resort up in Mt. Pleasant, or Mt. Tremper or somewhere, I'll post the link.  It's on Rt. 28, between Woodstock where I live, and Pine Hill where I work.  I pass it alot, and I finally took the chance to hop off the highway on route to or fro, because I had the boy in the car - glad I did, very fun!

http://emersonplace.com/shopping-attractions/hudson-valley-activities/

Happy Summer Stock Sunday!