Life with Lydia

The Norman Rockwell painting "At the Breakfast Table" Classes start back in just a few weeks :( but I know I am benefiting and learning from them. For example, one of my first classes I took last year, as a freshman, was an English and writing class. For our first essay the teacher wanted us to write about how people these days are always on their phones (especially young people, and I must admit, I have been a culprit of that myself!) Anyhow, she gave us the liberty to give our own views about it, but I think she tended to agree with my essay: How Technology Has Impacted Society Today Remember the Norman Rockwell painting “At the Breakfast Table”? A couple sits on either side of a small table, breakfast spread out before them, but something is surely amiss. The wife poses with teacup in hand, while a sad expression covers her otherwise beautiful face. The viewer cannot see the face of the husband, however, for he is buried behind a newspaper - reading. This situat...

Here are some pictures that I took when we went to the lake recently :) I took most of them with my Nikon, and the rest with my iPhone. We haven't taken the boat out in 3 yrs, but we finally did again this year! At the lake!!! The tube is strapped onto the back of the boat. Getting the anchor ready. Dad took a picture of us swimming :) Taking a long boat ride across the lake! Will Roger's barn next to his house. Eating lunch :) This is a comparison photo of myself. On the right is when I was 9 years old. I've lived 9 more years since then. The pictures look pretty similar actually. "What's that I see"? Take a picture of it! It's a long-horn! We stopped to swim again. Nathan climbed those rocks, but I didn't get a picture because I was swimming, (my camera is not waterproof ;) Another long boat ride! The sail boats were very ...