gem glasses

we went and played on the Clackamas River today with our friends heidi and gemma and their children. a perfect kind of day. 

above is gemma in large glasses, a trick of the light made this a really fun picture. as ever, i exhort viewers to click on the color pics, as blogger loves to leach the life from my photos. grrr.

river treasure

heidi, anatole, and oscar's hands 'sharing' a tiny snail.

oscar and heidi

olive

with blackberry juice.

we's a company

these last two posts conclude our Maine installment. here we are with some of our dearest friends in the whole-wide world. andrew (in plaid) you saw with us in NM pictures; to his right, his big sister (and my college roomie) Jane (and wee) and her man, Joe -- recipients of knitted blanket featured in earlier photos.

to be quite honest, this is my least favorite type of picture...a whole group of people painfully geared up for a photograph that no one really wants to be in...i tried taking others, but these three were so blasted recalcitrant in front of the camera they successfully foiled all of my most charming attempts to capture them beautifully. yeah, laugh it up guys, i assure you the battle is not over. rats, now i have to go out and take a whole 'nother batch of photos. 

b&w boy in blue

Scruffy, mit a smidgeon of self-satisfaction. 

laurel

e's lovely mum, in Kennebunkport.