Archive for July, 2007

day 6: life’s a beach

July 4, 2007

ready for adventure
Originally uploaded by mikefranklin

Tuesday is it? More of the same – good food, good friends, great weather. oh, and screaming children.
Another lazy morning, fading into a lunch of leftovers after the kids were taken down to the beach at low tide to check out the tidal pools.
At some point, [...]

day 5 – gotta reboot the toaster

July 3, 2007

separating
Originally uploaded by mikefranklin

Monday rolled around and was much like Sunday – food, friends, computers, cameras and kids
Up early, I found that the there was no internet access. We’re not sure why, but the DSL modem gets screwed up as the day goes by and needs periodically rebooting. Problem is that it’s on [...]

day 4. hello, goodbye and more food

July 2, 2007

helping dad
Originally uploaded by mikefranklin

Sunday was fairly uneventful, discounting a small horde of kids running around underfoot.
I was up at 6, and enjoyed a blissfully peaceful hour alone before the little ones wandered out of their bedroom.
Gotta love vacations — I’m not actually sure where the time went until noon or so, but [...]

day 3, cinderella

July 1, 2007

cinderella and the prince
Originally uploaded by mikefranklin

Saturday too, arrived too quickly for a morning on holiday.
The day was mostly centered around local production of Cindarella, for which John & Annette’s oldest child was the associate director in charge of lighting. We had to drop her off at 11am, and later leave the house at [...]