Chrissy's Photo A Day

  On this last day of August, which is hard to believe, I post photos of four projects I did this summer that I mailed last week to my...

I finished these today. Yarn bought in Maine, my first pair of socks made with self striping sock yarn. I'm pretty proud of them, and...

This week was pretty slow. Compared to one year ago, man, what a difference. Last year I was assuming all kinds of new responsibilities, ...

Today was pretty darned remarkable. Today I found a loophole in a rule and got two high school students invited to the president's ...

Finished my poncho finally! It took two months. 

Apple cheesecake tart Eggplant and grilled tomato and smoked mozzarella salad Dinner at my mom's! Today I gave a compreh...

I'm sorry I have neglected this blog. It's probably the beginning-of-school stuff, plus the very real fact that my life is not as...

And we are home. We drove from Charlotte to Auburn today- not bad- and got invited to Mom's for a steak dinner!

We spent the night in Charlotte, NC with my high school friend Sweet Bean. She is such a dear friend whom I've known for almost 40 years...

We went and saw Walden Pond today. This is a reconstruction of Thoreau's house. This is the pond- And then we headed for Pennsylvania. A...

After a day of driving, we find ourselves in Concord, Massachusetts. This evening after dinner, we took a walk around the old cemetery to tr...

A work and knitting day with a leftover big salad. 

This evening I was alone while Dan visits with some old college buddies. The moon on the water- an almost full moon. I took this one for Da...

Today we tried to hike Schoodic Mountain but the storm clouds rolled in and the thunder shook, so we ran down. Dan, to make sure the camera...

We are here, by the way.  Today was rainy so we stayed inside our little cottage. I transcribed interviews and worked on some other data whi...

We climbed another mountain today- this one was Gorham Mountain. I was pretty wiped. Afterwards we hiked on the Carriage Trails arou...

We arrived safely and started out this morning with a Maine breakfast with local maple syrup, blueberries, and coffee. Mmmm... And t...

Today we landed here- a cute little cottage in Maine. A cottage-without-Internet that I will be staying at for a week. So... While photos wi...

               Low tide              High tide We got to experience the amazing Bay of Fundy tides today as we drove across the sea floor to...

Today we left Halifax, saying goodbye to our friend Jacque and his lovely apartment. We drove to St. Andrews by the Sea in Ne...

Today we walked all over Halifax. First to the Public Gardens pictured here, and all around them.  Then we walked over and up to a fortress ...

Today we left Shelburne and headed up the coast. We stopped in Lunenburg and went to the Fishing Museum and toured some cool boats.  After a...