The Weekend Roundup 'K'

It is Saturday and time again for Tom's fun meme, The Weekend Roundup. The letter 'K' is featured this week and now I'm reminiscing...

'K' is for Kids and on he left is the first day of school 1995. Our son Cameron was in Kindergarten and his sister Allegra was the (sort of :) older and wiser going into second grade. This is a sentimental favorite...to the right is nine years later and the sentimental parents asked if they could reprise the pic as it was the first day of high school, she (again) the more experienced one going into eleventh grade. Little or big, Kids bring cute memories...

Another (but not unexpected) 'K' is Kitty, and here is our fluffy and furry family feline, Linus McDonald, in the usual places and activities...in a box and fast asleep. Nothing new here!

The favorite this week is the cool view captured The always lovely Patti at Witek Park in Derby CT. It is a great illusory pic that includes the side view mirror looking up. Does the water reflect the sky...or is it the other way around?

Shadow Shot Sunday Mock Accident

It is time again for this week's shady meme, Shadow Shot Sunday 2. We look for shadows here, there and everywhere. Last week, there was a mock accident at Ansonia High School to impress upon students the perils of impaired and distracted driving that I covered it for our newsletter. It was a beautiful day with lots of shadows. 

I focus here on how the scene was set, including the performing actor students - the lone 'fatality' was made up in lots of fake blood. When the sheet was placed over her, it was eerie, and felt just so real. The 'dead' victim was taken away in a hearse, the impaired/distracted driver was 'arrested', the SkyHealth helicopter landed, the Ansonia Police and Fire departments and Ansonia Rescue Medical Service all arrived (it was an actual call over the emergency frequencies). It all seemed real...In the last frame, the look of concern is on the face Ansonia Mayor Dave Cassetti. Let's hope a few students took it to heart as well.

Shadow Shot Sunday - Shadowy School

I am back to participate in Shadow Shot Sunday 2. There have been interesting developments in the interim...

The always lovely Patti had a kidney transplant on May 9 - the process beginning when my sister Suzanne offered to be a live donor for Patti. She feels much better with her new kidney, even with the pill regimen she currently enjoys. After two visits this week to her transplant team at Yale-New Haven Hospital, all agree that she is doing very well :) 

As for today's post, I have a part-time position at Ansonia High School, a mere ten minutes (or less) from home. the first shadow was something that captured my attention first, It is the skylight in the atrium and the angular shadows are rather appealing. I edited this in a b&w but will bring the camera for another shot soon. 

The second photo is a shot toward the front. Now that the foliage is here, nice shadows show up nicely. Happy Spring and shadow!

Shadow Shot Sunday - Essays

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 is here and we are going back to Monday and the Veteran's Day commemoration next to City Hall in our small city of Ansonia CT. 

Here set within the mingling of foliage and shadows are students from Ansonia Middle and Ansonia High Schools. Thoughtful and caring, there are young people who see and understand the value of service over self. It was a nice event where the community honored those who served and protected....

Wordless Wednesday - Honoring Service

Last Friday in our small city of Ansonia, Veteran's Day was celebrated by city hall. The Ansonia High School chorus sang for the honored veterans - a small tribute for those who served. See more WW at NC Sue

See the small school chorus sing Battle Hymn of the Republic.