Thursday, June 2, 2011

WC 2011 Mountain High

I believe I left you on top of the glacier...having just arrived. So sorry--hope the wait hasn't been too long!


When we "hopped" (and "hopped" doesn't really cover having 7 adults crawl out of a skiplane...imagine clowns in the circus) out of our plane, this is what surrounded us.



Our plane and pilot.




The family on the glacier.




We traveled in tandem with the other quarter of our group-they landed right after us.




I am sure someone can tell me officially, but I believe this is a weather station.




Linda, our Crystal Excursion member, took lots of photos...



And I found the scenery utterly breathtaking.








Judge for yourself.







A helicopter followed us up the glacier and "stalked" us.





This Southern girl has had some exposure to the white stuff, but still thinks it fun.



Guess who got to sit next to the pilot on the flight back down?



Epic.



Glacial lake.



Incredible landscape.



But we had to land sometime.



Getting out was fun the second time, too.






I took several short videos and edited them into one longer video. This should give you a little taste of what it was like on the glacier!!!!

Saturday, May 21, 2011

EP366 Week 2

Week 2

Day 8
8 May 2011




Day 9
9 May 2011




Day 10
10 May 2011




Day 11
11 May 2011



Day 12
12May 2011



Day 13
13May 2011



Day 14
14 May 2011

EP366 Week 1

Well as I stated HERE,that Norwegian friend of mine, Jan-Olav, talked me into another year-long photo project. No promises on when I will post them, but I will take them and get them here with my usual speed and efficiency.

Stop sniggering.

So, without further ado, here's the beginning of EP366!!! No titles this year...if you want explanations, just comment and I will be happy to share the details!!!


Week 1
Day 1
1 May 2011




Day 2
2 May 2011




Day 3
3 May 2011




Day 4
4 May 2011




Day 5
5 May 2011




Day 6
6 May 2011




Day 7
7 May 2011

Prom 2011

Junior Year at Brentwood means hosting Prom. It involves a lot of preparation, which we all got to experience for the first time when AJ was a Junior.

Our Juniors is an AMAZING job. This year seemed more fraught with melodrama than usual, thanks to some folks who shall remain nameless. No it wasn't other students. It was adults, in authority, who seemed to be trying their best to make the Juniors lives miserable. Oh well. They only have to survive one more year with the person nicknamed "Dolores Umbridge" .........

But on to better things.

It begins with hanging the gym in black plastic and moving in pieces that have been painted in advance.



Taylar wasn't real sure about getting up on the scaffolding in that harness.





Caroline, ever the daredevil, had to be threatened into putting on her harness.







Building the giant car....


















By Friday, things had come together.









And, come Saturday night, everyone was lovely.











Taylor and Nick




Caroline and Joel



Taylar and BT


Alix and Wesley



Emmaline and Josh







So what is Prom only lasted 90 minutes (thanks, Dolores)....oops I wasn't going to say anything.

It was lovely.