Fun in the Sun

New Ideas
Caeli Quinn
Two links today--one about mosquitoes (a favorite topic on this blog), and one describing a bike ride to raise awareness, and funds for climate change research.

The mosquito story needs no explanation, the bike one does.

Last evening my friend, Tom Quinn, called from his summer home in Whitefish, Montana. He has since retired, but I worked with him for ten years at the hospital--come to think of it, I have too, at least for the time being. At any rate, we caught up on news from here and there. He told me about his daughter organizing this ride and I thought I'd pass it along. Although Caeli was raised as a rich girl she's lived anything but since leaving college. As her profile states, she has been everywhere leading bike trips. Her wedding last year should have been profiled in the NYTimes "Vows" column for its' unconventionality. The guests were in boats in the middle of a river in Glacier National Park, dressed a costume of their choice. I can't remember the details regarding the reception, but I do remember they had a blast. Rather than spend the budget given to her by her parents on the wedding she chose to take the rest in cash to build a small "green" house. When I mentioned Jonathan was now certified in LEED he knew all about it from Caeli. The site is impressive, allowing for donations if you're interested.

The air conditioner is fixed, it was only a clogged drain pipe. I'm sure, given the time, Mr. Bruce could have fixed it. Aside from car repairs, there isn't a whole lot he can't make better.

When Bruce is traveling I often send him a picture of the day although I'd been slowing down because he has been in e-mail jail for quite a while now (usually a backlog of 200+). He asked me to bring it back so while mowing the lawn I thought, how about if I set the tripod up along with the self-timer and see what I could do. This was my first attempt because as you can see my hair is dry. It sure was fun!

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Listening to: Basement Jaxx - Jus 1 Kiss [The Isley Bootleg]
via FoxyTunes

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Listening to: Basement Jaxx - Romeo [Acoustic]
via FoxyTunes

Saturday was amazing. We've had a leak in our bathroom vanity which Bruce was able to locate and fix--he can fix anything. It was our new $500 faucet; a ridiculous price, but he had to have it. We went over to Winter Park because we thought they were having a small art show, however, it turned out to be an outdoor sculpture show which was very nice. The weather is chilly, but sunny and beautiful--no humidity, thank God. Naturally, I took tons of photos of the scene; the best part was that we ran into a young family that we knew the mother. We hadn't seen her since she was in her late teens. They had a little boy and are expecting another child in August. They let me take photos of him and I think they turned out pretty good. I wish my boys had been as placid as he was! No such luck around here, they were all pretty rowdy. We got a lovely table on the street at a wine bar and had wine and cheese. As well, we had some great people watching opps. Later on, there was a free concert downtown with Buddy Guy. We were able to snag a ring side spot (just outside the VIP area), had some barbeque and were treated to a great show. He came down off the stage and into the crowd, freaking us out. Just as he was maybe 15 feet in front of us a guy stepped in front of my view so my shot is of the offenders back! It was cold for us, but super great! Here's what I was able to get--you'll have to look at my flickr page for more. www.flickr.com/photos/gailpeck