Fall (Winter?) is here!

Yes, it's been a while, but I've been busy snapping pictures and then tweeking.  I didn't get the perfect fall pictures due to weather and having to work all week.  I snuck away from work one noon hour (or was it three hours) and had a ball up on Skyline Drive and at Enger Tower.  I climbed to the top, took some pics, met another photographer and went to get one more shot and my battery was dead - didn't bring my case up there, so had to quit for the day and go back to work.  Some of these are from there and some from the entrance to Jay Cooke Park, Kelly's, the office and then near home.  For more you can go to my flickr site: Wendy J Photos 

Festival 2009

These are some photos from this last weekend at the Bluegrass Festival.  We had a great, relaxing and fun long weekend - Wednesday to Sunday.  Mom and dad went with us and Jo Romer and some of her friends camped next to us.  One of her friends had a young Schnauzer with and her and KC had a great time - they even played tug-of-war with a rawhide!  We had rain, but it never got in the way of the music.  Mark stayed out late jamming every night and is trying to catch up on his sleep now.  You can see more photos here on my flicker site.

Duluth at Night

 Duluth Skyline from Park Point - 42nd on the beach.

Louisville and Baseball

As most of you know, Mark and I drove to Louisville to see Ben and Ashley. We had a great time! We did a lot of walking, sitting at games and eating – do you have any idea how often a baseball player eats!

We did a lot of walking on the ‘Waterfront Park’ that goes along the Ohio river for miles! We thought we must have covered most of it, but I’m sure we didn’t. The park areas are beautiful! Our hotel was on Riverfront Road and was also great. The ball field was beautiful and we walked around that a lot, too. Our 'family section' at the ball park was right behind home plate - great view of the pitcher! The food there was really good, too. They have a great kids play area including a 'merry-go-round'! They have great entertainment between innings - even a golden retriever who gets the bats and returns them to the dugout! We walked downtown and enjoyed the ‘Gallopalooza Art Exhibition’ – statues of painted that had been in the Kentucky Derby races. They really were pretty. We went to the Louisville Slugger Museum and factory where they make bats for the professional ball players along with lots of other wooden, metal and composite bats – very interesting. We even came home with miniature bats!

Ben pitched one game while we were there and did great. He pitched 8 innings of a game that went 16 innings! He is still doing great – he pitched last night – 6 innings with a personal record high 9 strike-outs!

Mark did some fishing - yes, he brought a fishing pole and tackle box - and he caught 4 bass! I found lots of flowers while he was fishing. We saw some historic sites - old water tower, one wall from a historic home, Abe Lincoln, Old Spaghetti Factory and more. We saw a helicopter put an air conditioner unit on the top of a downtown building - with strong enough winds to blow branches off trees! Even some unique cars!
For more photos from our trip, click here.

For more photos from our trip, click here.

Summer....

Here's some signs of summer really being here - at least for a short time!

For more  summer photos - visit my flickr site here.