Friday Hunt 2017.2.8

It has been a busy week, so it is nice to to relax and post is a great meme Friday Hunt, kindly hosted by Teresa. The prompts are interesting, so away we go...

Starts with 'H'. I found a few, although some explaining may be in order. On the top row, is a Horse, this from 1992. To the right is Grandpa, I guess in 1940, at a restaurant/hotel called the Kent House. I don't know where, perhaps in Ohio. And he often dressed up handsomely...

To the left, we are in 1999 with nine year old Cameron is sitting on his Grandmother's 1988 Honda Civic. To the right are Houses along the Housatonic River in Shelton CT. Patti captured this while on a friend's boat last week. Nice neighborhood!

Simple. I was unsure, but here is the simplicity I think. Captured by the always lovely Patti on last week's boat ride on the Housatonic. Simple, smooth water and peaceful...

Green. Here is some greenery at a local farmer's market. The Leaves and pickling cucumbers are a delicious shade of green. Thanks Teresa!

Shadow Shot Sunday - Shadowy craft

We found a bunch of prints in a box on Monday. From the summer of 1999,  this bunch of pixelated photos brought back memories, and I am sharing a couple for this week's Shadow Shot Sunday 2. Here is August of '99 at an air show at Barnes Airport in Westfield MA. The Thunderbirds performed on this warm day and we are seeking shade under the wings if the aircraft on static display. Here, daughter Allegra (10), son Cam (8), Patti and I (in the chair) watch the goings-on with shadows all around and a CT Air National Guard A-10 in the background. As I remember, it was an excellent day and nice memories...

Friday Hunt, 2017.1.20

It is Friday so again, it is time for Teresa's fun meme Friday Hunt. The clues are here and I am ready!

Starts with 'U'. Years ago, the family visited the Submarine Force Museum in Groton, CT. Here the kids, much younger, are standing at the screw (prop) of the USS Nautilus, now permanently moored in the Thames River here on the US Navy Submarine Base. More fun is a word we learned, the German word for submarine: Unterseeboot 

And there is Unusual. Last week, I mentioned our Team McVillers has an unusual team logo, consisting of Bunnyducks. So, this is the iron-on design for our team. As our artist friend Rich DiCarlo, the designer, notes that flocks fly in a Vee formation - they likewise walk too in a Vee formation. Naturally :)

Week's Favorite. Patti captured this guy in the mulberry tree in our front yard. How winsome! This is not a stock photo as the white blur in the background is an old 1998 Ford Escort parked in a driveway. Not always a fan - however this bush-tailed suburban squirrel can easily make one a fan!

Family. I'll choose the Villers (my) family, the seven of us just after number seven child was born in 1964 and the last time all seven of us were captured in one frame at my sister Claudia's wedding in 1987. Note the outfit she wore: her formal Air Force officer attire as did her fiancé, a USAF officer and my brother, yet another active USAF Airman. Alas there are only five of us still here, so all seven in any pic is nice...

Friday Hunt, 2017.1.9

It is again time for Teresa's fun meme, Friday Hunt. The clues are in as am I now...

Starts with I. Two are presented this week, but are not from this winter, thankfully. The first (L) is Inch - our daughter measured the new snow on January 12, 2011. It was 15 inches (38 cm) that day. Our daughter wielded the tape measure, happily wearing gloves...to the right, taken a couple of weeks later (Jan. 27, 2011) after yet another massive snowfall - the icicles that formed over the gutter. Pretty sky, mean, jagged icicle. Happily, the winter of 2010-2011 passed, as will this winter - even as an Arctic blast is descending on us tonight...

Week's Favorite. Patti went to a Read Across America Day event at Bungay School in neighboring Seymour CT. Here, the school's Principal performs Green Eggs and Ham with the Cat in the Hat in front of the students in the gym. She looks great, although all the moves in high heels may have been a bit uncomfortable...

Nose. This was taken by passenger Patti in 1999 on the Fort Pitt Bridge in Pittsburgh and it is me, looking at the road as my profile is captured. Note the old Three Rivers Stadium in the background. Thanks as always for the meme, Teresa!