How I Saw :: April

My favorite shots from this month!!

So I have two for the 30th but I was playing with my new birthday toy and made a neat discovery and I just liked them both :)

Cheers!!

Fun :: With The Sun

It was a beautiful day for a walk in the park!!

South Windsor has this really nice park with a fitness trail 

Though most of the time I wasn't doing the exercise you were supposed to do

I still had fun :)

Photo By: Emily Fournier

Photo By: Emily Fournier

Photo By: Emily Fournier

Em was my photographer while I tested out some of the equipment, the afternoon sun made for some fun shots :)

Photo By: Emily Fournier

Photo By: Emily Fournier

Some fun shots of nature too :)

Cheers!!

Yantic / Franklin

Just a few shots from my latest excursions :)

Cheers :)

Recap . . .

Since the beginning of the year there have been 13 weekends so far, 11 of those weekends I have been at some sort of gymnastics meet.  Most of them I was on the floor coaching, some of them I attended to support the kids whether it's the boys, the girls, optionals, or compulsory, I made an effort to be there as much as possible.  The crazy schedule this year has had me traveling to Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, as far west as Las Vegas Nevada, and to every corner of Connecticut!! Here's a quick pictorial summary of my past 3 months in the gym . . .

The season will be over at the beginning of June and things will be a little bit slower between now and then, but the remaining meets are all big state and regional competitions. 

Good luck to all the kids as we finish off the season!!

Cheers :)

Gillette's Castle

I took a little drive out to East Haddem today to Gillette's Castle.

I wasn't sure what to expect, I believe I went once when I was little but I didn't really remember anything about it.  Though the castle itself is still closed for the season the grounds and trails are open.

Some of the trails went down to the river where the ferry goes back and forth

I really enjoyed just being able to kick off my flip flops and have my toes in the sand by the water . . .  summer is coming!!

I hiked one of the trails that went down to the water and then came around the back of the castle where there's a beautiful view of the river.

It was so nice there.  I was worried that all the stone was going to make everything sort of dull and mono-toned, but the different ways the stones were used and all the little details were really amazing, it was so much fun to shoot  :)

Can't wait to go back again, maybe in the summer when it's open and I can check out the inside :)

Cheers :)