Camouflage, I guess...

Stronger than a whale
He can swim anywhere
He can breathe under water
And go flying through the air
The noble Sub Mariner

Prince of the deep
So, beware you deadly demons
Lord Namor of Atlantis,
Is the Prince of the Deep.

Claire, waiting - patiently? - in line to have her face painted at Photo Day today.

While going through my Father's things, my Mother found 4 slides - not having a scanner, I held them up in front of my macro lens; this is my brother Steve's 21st birthday - notice the grumpy little guy on the end...

Claire out of the pool.

Love playing with DOF.

Happy July 4th!

Once again, the lovely Karen.

1/8000th of a second...

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Took a trip to Rock Glen Falls near Arkona today - kids had a blast.

Fun with the Super-Soaker...

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King Arthur

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My Father passed away, peacefully, yesterday afternoon.

I love you, Dad.

You have to stop and smell the flowers - life goes on.

They've discontinued all of Dad's meds today; the only care he is receiving is strictly palliative. We're going to visit tomorrow, but that might be too late.

Those of you following along may have been wondering where my pics of the day have gone - I've been taking them (though I may have missed a few), but I haven't been posting.

Those of you following along will also know that my Father is 86, has Parkinson's and is in declining health. He's in the hospital again in Windsor, and the attending physician has let us know that it may only be a matter of days or weeks - perhaps a month at the most - before he passes. His heart has given its all, and just can't keep up anymore.

The 'Pic of the Day' will be back - you'll just have to forgive my hiatus for now.

To celebrate Queen Vicky's birthday, we set off the Family Pack of fireworks from Costco. They were pretty good - some actually fired shells that turned into 'real' starbursts.

However, one of the bottle rockets went off course - and blew a hole in our two-man tent...

Safety first!

Child labour laws?

What are those?

Alex and Claire helping Jenn and Dana buff up the new acquisition.

Alex suffered from frequent ear infections when he was younger, so two years ago he had tubes put in his ears.

Since then, he's had to wear earplugs when swimming or in the tub. None of the over-the-counter plugs have really worked well, so today we went and had him fitted for custom ear plugs.