CHANGE IS INEVITABLE. I CAN CHOOSE TO IGNORE IT, OR I CAN ACCEPT IT. THIS BLOG GIVES A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY FAMILY, MY RUNNING, AND MY LIFE.
Up the street from my office in Amberley Village is French park. This stately home and the surrounding 275 acres was bequeathed to the City of Cincinnati in 1943 by Herbert Greer French.
Not the most flattering image of daughter No. 1, but hey, she's concentrating on my cell phone at the moment. The girls and I (less mom) are heading to the frame shop to have my wedding license framed nicely for Mother's Day. I almost threw it away last year! We also stopped at Big Lots and grabbed some funny Mom's day cards.
Good Ol Courage is FINALLY getting used to the idea of sticking his head out the car window. He likes to do it, just doesn't know it yet. As you can see, he's slowly discovering this new joy one whisker at a time!
Sorry, no posts for a few days.
Yep...this is about as exciting as images get! Just a car in the parking lot at work. And while this car looks innocent enough, the interior is trashed as is most of the body.
Protecting us from harm at all hours, Courage peruses the back yard as Maura cuts the grass. I think one of these days he's going to leap from that wall if something tempting enough, like a squirrel, shows up!
Dad (me) and daughter No. 2 pose for a quick photo, taken by her sister. As you can see, the woods is in full green and the yard looks great. I ordered 4 yards of mulch this weekend and am about 1/2 done.
As you can see, Daughter No. 1 is psyched about heading out to camp. She's loaded down with with sleeping bag, suitcase, magnifying glass, flashlight, etc. The 5th graders left at 8:00am. We are going to miss her!
Daughter No. 1 is off to Camp this morning with the 5th graders and will be absent for the next for three days. She's totally excited, but I think her sister, seen here, is a little distraught!
Green has overtaken our street, and it looks awesome! Most of the flowering trees have lost their bounty, but our Dogwood squeezed out a few flowers this year!
After a day of total rain in Lexington, we are glad to be home! We brought home a win of $4! Woohoo! Today, the weathe was perfect! The girls got new bikes today and just had to show them off for the camera.
Driving home, I stopped by an old church in Indian Hill to shoot a few photos. Not sure of the history surrounding this neat place, but the light was great.
Took the whole family to the Reds game this eve. We all had a great time even though the Reds lost to Florida 10-6.
Yes, I know I'm 2 days behind on photos, but I'm trying to catch up today. See...it is getting greener around here! Our grass is even growing in those tough to reach spots.
Today was a beautiful, warm day as you can see. The girls couldn't resist having a mini pool party on the driveway, and invited several neighbors to the casual event. Courage was a good sport an fulfilled his role of "Watch Dog" for the duration of the party. The gala was hosted and catered by the dad!
Our house is surrounded by tons of trees, and every once in a while, we have the honor of sharing our home with the local wildlife. Daughter No. 2 saw this Pileated Woodpecker (or is that the presumed extinct Ivory Billed?) while bringing in the garbage cans. My camera lens does not do well in zoom mode, but there he is in all his glory!
This photo was taken during lunch in French Park, Amberley Village. Nice warm day today!
A typical day at the house! My wife loves wearing these glasses and hat. In fact, she would wear them all day if she could, but then she'd wind up single and alone!
A beautiful spring day in Cincinnati; temprature close to 70º! This is daughter No.2 with a buddy getting ready to go down a minature roller coaster. I swear, the street is getting much greener these days. I'll post another photo of the house by Saturday the 15th (Tax Day, though it's not due till the 17th)
Today was a great spring day! And while I spent a majority of the day in front of my computer screen(yuck), it was 70 plus degrees, thunderstorms, lightning, tornados, the whole bit! This was the view around 4:00 EST today as the clouds rolled in overtaking the blue. It's still raining as I post this at 8:00pm.
OK, so getting green is taking a lot longer than I was hoping. This was taken this morning, and while there is definitely more green than last time, the trees are not doing their part! There's Courage waiting for me to pass! Speaking of Chessies, on the way to work I saw this huge, chisled Chessie head enjoying a ride in the car. Courage is chicken to stick his head out...maybe he needs more encouragement.
Sorry, took a couple days off this week!
Took a trip to the Cincinnati Nature Venter with grandma and the girls today. The daffodils are slowly making their debut, but the earlier snow seems to have slowed their appearance and dessimated many. Normally, this area is flooded with flowers but I did manage to find a few worthy of a photo! Next week they should be at their peak.
Daughter No. 2 is a smart, but goofy kid with a great sense of humor, as you can see. This her at the electronic piano just after breakfast.
I dropped Daughter No. 2 off at school early this morning for an extra choir practice. She's happy! Woo Hoo! Spring is slowly creeping into the Cincinnati area, finally, and tomorrow is supposed to be close to 70 degrees!
Waiting for the light to change is never fun, but on the way home, I glanced up and noticed these two birds (I think they are Mourning Doves) on a wire through my sunroof. Click...picture of the day!
Another shot from the car on the way to work. OK, no more shots from the car unless it's really cool!
This morning I ran in the Heart Mini Marathon in Cincinnati. Can you see me? I'm somewhere in the back, the one with the hat on! Final time for this 15K was 1:17:21. The winner did it in about 49 minutes! 
The tallest building in Cincinnati is the Carew Tower. After registering for the Heart Mini Marathon which takes place tomorrow AM, we took an elevator ride to the observation deck of this historic building. My daughters leaped from the observation deck onto the PNC tower to pose. They are so brave and I was quite proud! Fearless!
I pass this field on the way to work every morning while heading down Clough Pike. This time of year, the grass is golden and really brightens up the morning when the sun hits it. I had to take the shot while driving, hence the slight blur. The shot is cropped pretty tight and tweaked in photoshop. Here is the original showing the cropped area...
Sorry, no photo from today. Time just slipped away. This photo was taken last summer at our family cottage in Cedarville, Michigan, about 11 hours north of Cincinnati. In fact, this was the last evening shot I took before we headed back home.
Like the tree photo from the other day, I took this shot from the car on the way home. I wasn't sure what it looked like when I took it, and after I snapped the shutter the camera battery went dead. This is the result. Kind of an eerie, though calm photo I think. Anyway, the battery is now charging as we speak.
Obviously, my post from March 14th was a little optimistic. 2-4 inches of snow fell this morning, closing school and whacking out traffic. Kind of pretty, though! Maybe by April we'll have that much anticipated green.
Ahh yes, once again the joys of eating breakfast on another fun-filled morning before school! Daughter No.2 is finishing up a hearty beakfast of waffles before heading out the door. Today is her first day of testing for potentially gifted students.
I love this shot! Daughter No. 1 is an animal lover. Horses, dogs, whatever. I hope someday she will live on a farm, work as a vet and write books.
Just an interesting shadow behind our building. Kind of creepy back there! Just to the left is the train track from the other day.
We live on a beautiful, secluded street that is truly awesome once the leaves and flowers make their debut. Spring is quickly approaching, so in about 1 week or so, all the brown will be gone (except for the mud that was once grass!).
Finally, 70 degrees and a little spurt of sunshine! This was taken at 4:00 pm EST in my parking lot, and while not the most exciting shot in the world, the sky speaks volumes!
Another cloudy, rainy day in the midwest, but quite warm (67) for this time of year. Not much going on today.
Today, though expected to be warm, turned out to be rainy and chilly. I went for a 5 mile run with some friends at 7:30 (no rain yet), then took the kids to Frisch's for breakfast. Mom was working today. Just a goofy photo collage.
This is my son, Courage. I took this photo after he had just retrieved the morning paper and was patiently waiting for breakfast. Courage is a rescued Chesapeake Bay Retriever who came to us with a ton of baggage, but after 2+ years, the kinks in his behavior are finally working themselves out!
This is the traintrack behind my office where i work as a graphic designer. My building is literally 10 yards from here. The town is Reading, Ohio and this particular area is somewhat run down with lots of closed businesses. See you tomorrow. Survivor is on!
Daughter No. 1 getting ready to start the day...and no, it's not always happy faces and laughter!!
Our Chessie surveying the neighborhood... "Give me something to chase!" I'm willing to bet that's what he's thinking
NO SCHOOL THIS WEEK!
