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It was a wonderful May Family Weekend. My cousin, Bobby and his daughter, Abby visited us. Then on Sunday we celebrated my niece, Olivia's Graduation from University of Connecticut. |
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Fun with Friends in Maui Feb 2006 We had friends here from the East Coast .. Connecticut, New Jersey and Florida. It was great to see them here in Paradise - half way around the world. |
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Enjoy pictures of many Maui Sunsets .. |
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Photos from our Family Christmas Eve and Christmas Day |
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The Hartford Victorian Lady - The Plans - 2004 My sister, Dulcie and her husband Valerio are the proud owners of the Hartford Victorian Lady - Featured on HGTV Restore America. These are their plans for the renovation of The Victorian Lady |
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The Hartford Victorian Lady - The Move - 2004 The Victorian Lady is an old brick Victorian that was preserved by moving it from Sigourney Street to Ashley Street. |
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Kate's Wedding Shower - Oct 2005 Amy & Leslie gave Kate a shower .. it was superb! |
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I put together a collage of the photos of my grand niece, Paige. Paige Camilla Belsito was born on Feb 27th to her proud parents, Joel and Leslie (my niece).
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Pete's Graduation from CSU - May 2005 We are thrilled that Pete has graduated from Colorado State University. Congratulations Peter! We went out for his graduation and also visited my niece, Carolyn and installed a new hardwood floor in Adam's Condo.
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Mystic Indoor Tennis USTA Teams - April 2005 Our end of season party was great fun .. visit here for the 2004 - 2005 USTA Team photos. Match Results can be seen at the USTA site at TENNIS LINK |
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Carol Hibler's 60th Birthday Celebration - March 2005 It was a fabulous evening at the Pond House. The decorations were wonderful - especially all the great photos of Carol throughout the years. The food was just delicious, the people were interesting and the evening was lots of fun! Dancing, a pinata and doing the limbo all added to the festivities. There are some photos here but there are even more on shutterfly. If you don't have the shutterfly link email me and I'll send it to you. |
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More Maui Adventures - February 2005 We've been having a wonderful time here. Besides beaching and tennis, we've visited the Sugar Mill Museum, Taken Visual Arts Classes at the Hui, Driven the steep and windy single lane road around the northern end of the island - admiring surfers and views along the way. We've also driven the road to Hana and gone on a whale watch. |
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Photographing Flowers in Maui - January 2005 Using my new Canon EOS Digital Rebel and a new macro lens I had great fun today taking photos of flowers, shells, and sunsets |
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We enjoyed our extended stay in Hawaii so much last winter we decided to come back. Here are some photos from our first week in Maui 2005. We really love it - it's certainly as close to Paradise as I can imagine. |
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New Years Eve Celebration 2004 We had a wonderful time celebrating New Years Eve with our good friends; Dan & Deb Geller, Richard & Carol Hibler, Bob & Dee Pavone and Dave & Leslie Brown. |
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Family & Friends at Christmas - December 2004 We had a fanstastic Christmas with lots of friends and family. |
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WSL Stock Club Annual Holiday Party - December 2004 We had our 2004 Annual Holiday Party at Deb's and it was fantastic. The decorations were spectacular and the food was just incredible. And the company and conversation was even better. |
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Photos of Aspen Colorado - November 2004 We went to Aspen for Thanksgiving 2005. The trip to Aspen was arduous. Pete was detoured by a huge rock slide that took out I-70 for 36 hours. He was able to get through a harrowing detour. Our stay in Aspen was wonderful. It is such a beautiful place. Sunday morning snow was absolutely magical. But it made for a long and difficult drive back. |
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A few summer photos of boating on 4th of July and our landscaping finally completed. |
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We spent a wonderful weekend at Cornell attending my niece, Carolyn Frederick's graduation. Carolyn is my sister Gina's oldest daughter. We enjoyed the visit to Cornell's beautiful campus. The commencement speaker was none other than President Bill Clinton. We also enjoyed a dinner cruise on Lake Cayuga and a visit to the Cornell Plantation. | |
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Dee Pavone's Birthday Party - May 2004 Memorial Day weekend 2004 was Dee's birthday. We were lucky enough to join the festivities with her whole family. Marissa and John and their 2 daughters, Kala and Mia. Linda and Jack with their daughter, Olivia and son, Jack and Todd and Dina with their two boys, TJ and Dante. |
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WSL Cape Cod Weekend - May 2004 Our annual spring visit to Cape Cod was fabulous as usual. Kathy Grove is a fabulous hostess and the views from her place are spectacular. |
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Dulcie's Surprise 50th Birthday Party - April 2004 My sister Dulcie turned 50 this year and we celebrated with a surprise party. It was terrific and Dulcie was really surprised. It is difficult to believe she could be 50 - she is so beautiful. |
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Joey & Leslie's Wedding - April 2004 We went to Mississippi to attend my nephew Joey's wedding. It was absolutely delightful. |
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My sister Carolyn's Surprise 40th Birthday Party - March 2004 We surprised my youngest sister Carolyn with a 40th surprise party. Her daughter, Mariah (age 12), was the one to organize it .. with a little help from her aunties.
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Our winter in Maui .. The whole Family - Jan 2004 Using our frequent flier miles we brought the whole family to Hawaii in January 2004. Chuck & I spent 6 weeks there and loved every minute of it. We spent a month on Maui. While the kids were there we did all the tourist things, whale watching, snorkeling, Adam went surfing, etc. We also spent 2 weeks on the Big Island and visited the active volcano and explored the whole island. |
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We were happy to have the boys home for Christmas 2003. We celebrated Christmas Eve at Carolyn's and Christmas Day here at our new home in Mystic. It was a wonderful family Christmas. |
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Leslie & Joey's Engagement Party Another reson to celebrate - Dulcie's oldest son, Joey is engaged to Leslie - we had a wonderful time at the engagement party. |
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At Home on Masons Island Mystic -Nov. 2003 Photos of our new home on Masons Island. It took us a year to build it but it's been worth the effort. We love living here in Mystic. |
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Weekend in Vermont with Friends - January 2003 We had a fabulous weekend in Vermont with a group of friends |
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Key West Vactaion - January 2003 Photo gallery of our favorite spots on Key West .. It's a great getaway from the New England Winter .. and 2003 was quite a snowy, cold winter! |
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My niece Robyn joined us for Thanksgiving this year. A freshman at Harvard she's relatively close to us compared to her home in Alaska. |
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Robyn met many of her cousins! |
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Photoshop Watercolors Artwork |
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Assorted Artwork of Family, Friends and Houses Using Adobe Photoshop I've created watercolors of some of my favorite photos. I use the photo to create the pallet of the water color and in photoshop I hand stroke the photo. It also gives me the opportunity to erase shadows, wrinkles and other imperfections. Here are some samples. |