The Local Wildlife

We've had a lot of activity on the back porch lately. We've got two birdfeeders now, and we get lots of visitors. We also had a strange visitor the other morning at our front door:

This Year's Beach Trip

We wrapped up the summer at Bethany Beach,Delaware. Zack is getting better about getting into the water, as you can see.

The Seacocks

Well, our singer is off to become a Coast Guard officer now, so we're officially on "hiatus." But here are a few pics of us playing and recording.

Here we are at the Marina in DC. It's near the Jefferson Memorial and you can see the Washington Monument from where we're standing. It's also right across the Potomac from the airport, and the President's helicopter flies by from time to time -- all making for interesting playing conditions. The wood paneled boat in the background is Sequoia, which used to be the Presidential Yacht. Marilyn and JFK "spent time" there, so they say.

Alan is on the left. He plays a mean harmonica. Jodie's in the bathing suit (it was pool party night.) The guy to the right of me is Jacob; he works with me at NASA and plays the cello and some cool jazz piano.

Here we are recording at my place, and me "acting a fool":

The New Car

So, after 13 years and probably over 200K miles, Kelly finally gave up her old Saturn for a new Prius. Here's a picture of us with the old and new cars at the dealership -- yeah, it's a little blurry. The salesman apparently couldn't operate a camera.