Wednesday, July 7

Forgot to mention in yesterday's blog that as Hubbie and I were on our way back to camp from the museum after the photography workshop, we saw a strange sight...a man on the sidewalk casually wearing a yellow boa constrictor around his neck.





We were up about 7 a.m. this morning, and had a breakfast of fruit and quick breads. Just after we were dressed the the day, around 9:30 a.m., Son, Daughter-in-Law, Grandson, and a friend of Grandson's arrived for a visit.





Son and Daughter-in-Law brought us a bag of corn, grown in their garden. We'll be cooking some for supper tomorrow night, and wrapping the rest, shucks and all, in foil for the freezer. Later, we can clean the corn for boiling, or just remove the silks, add butter and seasoning, re-wrap them in foil, and throw them on the grill.





At lunchtime, we decided to heat some barbecue in the microwave to have with chips and cherry tomatoes from our garden, at the pavilion. Everybody helped haul our lunch and paraphrenalia to the picnic tables. Son did the honors of wheeling Mother down there.





Hubbie and I had to leave right after lunch, around noon, to be at the museum by 12:30. But Son and Daughter-in-Law and the boys helped clean up after the picnic, and Daughter-in-Law washed the dishes and cleaned the kitchen area, for which we were grateful.





At the museum, Hubbie and I led the group of kids on a ten minute photo safari hike down to a public park sponsored by one of the hotels. It's a really great area, with a cooling pad that sprays water for kids to play in, has rocks to climb on, and tunnels to go through, including a long tunnel slide. The park also has a wooden breezeway with large poster information about the area and river, several large sculptures, a decorative pavilion painted in bright colors, a walking path, flower gardens, and other features. It's a wonderful place to spend an afternoon, and a great place for picture-taking.





We spent about an hour there...each child was provided with a one-time-use camera that contained 27 shots. So each child should surely have been able to capture a few pleasing photos. The assignment was to concentrate on shapes, lines, and compositions.





Hubbie had brought along a cooler of bottled water, and after an hour, we were ready to re-hydrate. After that, we hiked back to the museum, where we spent thirty minutes cooling off and watching an educational video about the planets. I learned that it takes 84 plus years for Uranus to circle the sun, about a human lifetime. Several other planets take two or more lifetimes to make the circuit.

While we watched the video, Hubbie ran to the photo one-hour printing service and retrieved the black and white photos taken on Tuesday. There was great excitement among the participants as they looked through their snapshots.

I asked the kids to select one negative each to use in making 5x7 prints in the darkroom. We spent the rest of the afternoon in this activity.

Back at camp, I heated leftovers for supper. Later, Daughter-in-Law, two granddaughters, a grandson, two male friends of the granddaughters, and six very young great-grandkids, one an infant, came for a visit. It was good to see everyone, and Mother and I loved taking turns holding the new little one.

The family visited for about an hour. Afterward, Hubbie, Mother, and I played Skipbo. Hubbie won two games, and I won one. It's time for Mother to win again.

Note: I failed to mention that our visitors Monday included another niece and my daughter. They left before I got back from the museum, but Hubbie saw them briefly when he returned to camp to fetch hairdryers for the workshop. I guess since I didn't get to see them, I forgot they had visited.