August 12, already !!!

Lots going on lately. Had our bathroom ceiling painted and all the rugs cleaned.
After putting everything back Tricia rearranged the dining room and kitchen area i kinda like what she did.



All we do is barbacue

.....which results in this happy face



Tricia and i went out to the Isle of Shoals which is a group of small islands about 9 miles off the coast of NH.
oh we went with Joe Donovan and Tom Bomba.



2 Lady Patricias


Here's a picture of the captain and the boat

This is the bridge either going up or coming down as we were either leaving or coming in or out of Portsmouth.The Memorial Bridge is a through truss lift bridge that carries U.S. 1 across the Piscataqua River between Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Badger's Island in Kittery, Maine USA.


Here's a picture of downtown Portsmouth. the blue house in the middle of the picture is the The Moffatt-Ladd House it was the home of General William Whipple, one of New Hampshire's three signers of the Declaration of Independence and his wife Katharine Moffatt Whipple.



Fort Constitution. it's used as a Coast Guard facility now. Very interesting Revolutionary story with Paul Revere playing a part.



on the way out of Portsmouth we pass the The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard


There's a nuclear sub in the next 2 pictures if you can see it. SSN 723 Oklahoma City



That building is where The Treaty of Portsmouth of 1905 was signed. It's still the Naval shipyard.


The old boarded up Naval Prison. it's not used today


A lobster boat, there were a lots of them as we left Portsmouth

Whaleback light house.


Here's the hotel at Star Island. it's mostly used for a religious and educational conference center with close ties to the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ.


Tricia on the back porch looking towards the mainland.


Tricia took this picture with the comment "this is so "New England""


Here's pictures of the community of houses, church, and paths around the island.




A path on the little island

star Island hotel and group of houses


inside the Unitarian Church



Tricia like the yellow moss on the houses.

Mostly the Caswells that's the family that must of lived here long time ago.


Looking back from the deck to the Boat that took us to Star Island

July 2010; picnics, barbecues, swimming, and summer fun.

Here it is the last week in July and i need to update what we've got going on. Went to the Rockingham County GOP Picnic around the 17th. here's a coupe of photos of the candidates that i like.

This is Jack Kimball for govenor.


Chris Sununu For Executive Council


Rich Ashooh for Congress


Tricia tried to capture some lightning but didn't.


Went down to Winthrop and stopped by this corner on Cottage Park Road. This is commemorating Joe Donovan's 's Dad.


Here's some pictures of Tricia out in the river.



Enjoying the back yard; Tricia calls it the front.

Sunday morning breakfast.

The front yard . Tricia calls it the back.

July 13th; Good news

Here's a picture of Sandy M. Chin, M.D. and myself. Tuesday, We got a clean bill of health and we're very grateful, thankful, and elated because of her and her team for all that they have done for Tricia and i.



Thank you ; Sandy, John J. Munoz, M.D., Wendy English, and everyone else i met at the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital for your teamwork,integrity, excellence, respect and caring.

God bless you all !!!

Today's a good day; July 12,2010

Been busy recovering and taking care of business and ourselves. Weather has been hot, warm and humid. Thank God for the river and River Ridge.

A flotilla of geese; last year we watched 2 small families of geese raise their young. this year it's almost 4 X bigger.



Tricia watchin.......

Our NJ friends gave us their barbecue we haven't cooked anything inside since we started using it. Thanks Bob and Bev !!!

Ron and Stan,two dear friends we meet over in Kittery Maine once and a while. There is a story here but a little too involved for this. Ron from Maine and Stan from Massachusetts

Home Sweet Home.

June 24, 2010

This is a shot of this turtle out back laying eggs.


the roses and peonies were prolific this year.


Thunder storms pretty volatile weather here the past 2 days.

went out to hampton beach really early before the crowds came



Tricia's rental car for a couple of weeks i couldn't drive i was chauffeured.

early morning shot.

Joe Donovan bought me a kindle. here we are just setting it up.

documenting one of those rare incidents :This happens so rarely that catching it on film is quite hard. tricia taking out the trash.

Beached whale found in Newmarket NH, may 25, 2010

Whale spotted swimming up Lamprey then beaches self.
Many, sometimes controversial, theories have been proposed to explain beaching, but the question remains unresolved.

Sunday night

Road Trip,via Pennsynlvania, Ohio, Indiana, OH, PA, NY, VT, and home

Stopped in Saratoga Springs for lunch.


and Philip Schuyler's home in Schylerville NY.


one of the The Battle fields of Saratoga October 7, 1777


It was here Benedict Arnold was shot in the leg. very interesting that the monument honors the individual but does not mention his name.


It was here The Battle of Saratoga September 19, 1777


The Country Lawyer's law Office


Ladies Liberty at Canandaigua


Presque Isle


Conneaut OH,