Showing posts with label cousins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cousins. Show all posts

Saturday, August 5, 2017

The Power of Water

 Lake Ontario was showing its stuff today!  Wind and waves were pretty wild!
 I was glad some rocks were still dry for me to chose from.....the painting rock craze is in my town, too!  I can take a few home with me in my suitcase but these things weigh a lot for the space they don't take up!
I collected 11 pounds worth on this collection!
 It looked calm and pretty for a few seconds and then......
 boom!  The waves would explode and 15-20 ft spray would shoot up! 
 We drove a bit down the shoreline for a photo of the Oswego Lighthouse and I will have you know that immediately after I took this, my Mom yelled, 'Look out!' and a rogue wave got me-soaked right down to the skin!
 I did take this one on the way back to the car.....someone was getting a cloudburst!
 Under the foam in this photo resides 20' of flat rocks that you can usually walk on-not today!  Beautiful coastline pic for my watercolor class, though!
And the best reason for gathering at the Lake, family-
my annual meeting with cousins who live in Oswego. 
 And we eat at Rudy's where they make the best Haddock sandwiches in the USA!

JUST A LITTLE MATH

When something looked wrong while placing the setting triangles,  I looked at the photo on the front of the pattern and saw that I had place...