{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

(Thank you SouleMama for this wonderful idea.)

I got a few hours of work done, then we had a few hours of fun!!  Thank you Mamee and Chris for being soo much fun, we had a great day!!

 "Exploring the Adirondacks with Colton Clement"

::Silver Lake Bog::

I had the pleasure to be with my husband yesterday watching him do what he loves.  Filming.  Planing.  Directing.  Creating.  Having the most awesome relationship with his son.  I won't be a spoiler and tell the whole tale of the day, but it rained and the bugs were a nuisance in more ways than one.  In spite of the weather and the little challenges it was an absolute joy to watch him work.   

(For those of you who might have missed it check out the following links for my boys most recent achievements:  Exploring the Adirondacks with Colton Clement and Josh and Colton's interview on PBS!)

Superhero's and short sleeves

 The forecast called for rain, lucky for us it held off until the evening hours and we had time to ramble along a back road we like to frequent.  Always up for an adventure, Dad led the way down a snowy path to see the short skirt of slush encircling the lake.  We soon discovered that in order to "walk light" and not break through the crust, you have to hold your arms "light" and float them away from your body.  What a bunch of ungraceful geese we were!  At the end of the walk my ankles were only slightly damp...solid proof of my keen ablity to walk in Josh's footprints!

 The 10th Guitar Cake

Every year Josh has embraced the task of designing a new guitar cake for Colton.  We have all of the pictures somewhere, maybe I'll get my hands on them to show them off.  Creativity at it's best!!

We SURVIVED!!  We hosted our first sleepover of 10 year-old boys last night.  As expected there were a few arguments, a little blood, lots of gross talk, giggling, and not a lot of sleep.  I think it was a success. 

 Luckily, one of his friends has a little sister in first grade with Lennon and she spent the night too!

Sunday brought the first day of spring and an excellent chance to get out and soak up some sun...at least as much as we could through our minimally exposed areas of skin.  The sunshine was bright and the sky a brilliant blue.  We disregarded the signs at the trail head and walked the trail sans snowshoes or skis, we also brought Bailey.  Colton, being ever aware of the posting of rules, read this sign and immediately pointed out our rule-breaking.  I had to think quick, proclaiming that the sign posted "winter rules" and seeing that it was the first day of spring they did not apply.  (Thankfully we met only one other person on the trail, and he too was clad in boots and accompanied by his dog.)

"Adirondack Blue" is a term I remember hearing when we first moved here, almost 20 yrs ago. Very few days can gain this status. I believe we had one yesterday.

  Not to let on that we might be escaping the torments of a typical spring here in the Adirondacks, it is snowing hard right now with a forecast of up to 8 inches of heavy wetness by dinner time.