A Garden View

June 29, 2011

looking out my study window:

Photo by Bruce Barone.

Almost all I have learned

about gardening and landscape design

I have learned from my dear friend

Tara Dillard

at

A Garden View.

HEY!

Who moved my chair and table???!!!

And who is that man

sitting in my garden

reading a book

and drinking a beer???!!

The first two people 

to correctly identify that man

AND the book he is reading

will win a free photo album

and a 5x7 print from me.

 

Bonus points for identifying the beer!

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My Wedding Toast

I invite you to read my wedding toast:

Photo by Bruce Barone.

I AM BLESSED.

I AM HONORED.

I AM THANKFUL.

I AM THANKFUL FOR ALL THAT BETSY AND JOHN DID TO MAKE TODAY’S WEDDING CELEBRATION SPECIAL AND MEMORABLE.

I AM HONORED TO SEE SO MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILY HERE TODAY CELEBRATING DANIELLE’S SPECIAL DAY.

AND I WISH US ALL TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO ARE HERE  ONLY IN SPIRIT; THOSE WHO LIVE IN OUR HEARTS AND SOULS, OUR MEMORIES……MIKE’S DEAR UNCLE RAINY…BETSY’S LOVING FATHER TOM…AND MY DAD, FRED, WHO TAUGHT ME ALMOST ALL I KNOW ABOUT LOVE.

LOVE.  I AM BLESSED.

I AM BLESSED THAT DANIELLE IS MY DAUGHTER.

I AM BLESSED THAT MIKE IS IN HER LIFE AND I AM BLESSED AND THANKFUL AND HONORED TO NOW CALL HIM SON.

DANIELLE. MIKE.

A FEW WORDS FOR YOU. TO LOVE EACH OTHER IS ITS OWN REWARD. SAY EACH OTHERS NAMES ALOUD OFTEN. DANIELLE. MIKE. ACT KINDLY AND COMPASSIONATELY TOWARD EACH OTHER AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE ENRICHED. EXPRESS LOVE IN YOUR VOICE AND IN YOUR ABILITY TO LISTEN. CHERISH THE SMALL DAILY RITUALS THAT REINFORCE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE LOVED. AND KNOW THAT THE PLEASURE OF LOVE IS IN LOVING.

DANIELLE. MIKE. WE ARE ALL BLESSED BY YOUR MARRIAGE. WE ARE ALL THANKFUL TO BE ENRICHED BY YOUR LOVE. WE ARE ALL HONORED TO BE ONE FAMILY.

DANIELLE. MIKE. I LOVE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.

I ASK YOU ALL TO JOIN ME IN WISHING DANIELLE AND MIKE A LONG, LOVING AND HAPPY LIFE TOGETHER.

Danielle and Mike. The Introduction. Photo by Bruce Barone.

The wedding photographer was the amazing,
incomparable, friendly, untiring, creative
Niki Rossi.

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Under New Management

Hoboken, New Jersey. @1980s. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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My Daughter Danielle The Bride

Saturday afternoon

before the wedding

Before The Wedding Rehearsal

Today is the day

when we rehearse

the wedding

bless be

Danielle and Mike

soon this morning

I pick up

my tux

and beverages

for Sunday's brunch

here

in our backyard

Now it is

coffee, you, and me

and memories

here

before 

the wedding rehearsal:

Danielle. Newly born.

Danielle. Newly born. Love this photo.

Danielle exploring our backyard in Weehawken, NJ.

Danielle on the beach at Cape Hatteras.

Danielle. One of my favorite portraits.

Soccer Team Co-captain.

Lacrosse team co-captain.

Danielle and her brother, Daryl.

Danielle and Mike and friends in my loft.

College Graduate. Physical Therapy, Doctorate

Danielle and Mike at their engagement party.

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I Love Daisies

Our garden of daisies

has started to bloom!

Photo by Bruce Barone.

Did you see last year's ballet production of

Dance of the Daisies?

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Rebecca

I work with a wonderful photographer;

Rebecca:

Photo by Bruce Barone.

We practice

our art

our craft

photographing

each other.

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First Day of Summer

To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Finch and the Sunflower. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day

to all you great Dads!

Yesterday I spent a few hours 

getting our yard ready for today's party.

I was so tired late in the afternoon

I rested

reading a new book in the shade of a pine tree.

Self Portrait, June 18, 2011.

Meeting my son at the golf course

at noon for a round of golf.

Then back home for:

beer and wine

gin & tonics

grilled spicy lime ginger shrimp

grilled hamburgers

grilled corn

apricot bulghur pilaf

coffee coffee cake

Yum!

And
practice dancing
Father Daughter Dance
with daughter
for the upcoming wedding!!!

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Mittineague Park

Friday evening

at the park down the street

from where we live:

Mittineague Park. West Springfield, MA. June 17, 2011. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Rebecca

Meet Rebecca.

A fellow photographer

at the photography studio;

sweet and smart:

Rebecca. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Going to the Chapel

In 10 days

my daughter will be

getting married,

Danielle in the Wild Flowers. Photo by Bruce Barone.

This photo from many years ago.

I could not be happier.

She's happy.

And I love her husband-to-be.

~~~

I Stopped at Mittineague Park

on my home from the photography studio

Mittineague Park, West Springfield, MA. June 13, 2011. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Where There Is A Will There Is A Way

All day Sunday:

Photo by Bruce Barone.

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A Walk Around Our Yard On A Rainy Saturday

Will you join me?

It's not raining too hard.

My garden looked pretty in the rain.

Let's walk and see the pretty flowers.

Some of us don't mind the rain at all!

It was a beautiful day to catch up on some ironing, too!

Later in the day, it stopped raining long enough to get some weeding done!

When I was done weeding and the rain started to fall

again, I sat in the study and looked out the window
at the garden.

Did you enjoy your walk with me?

I hope so!

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Peony

In our yard:

Photo by Bruce Barone.

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For Thou Art With Me

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At the top of the mountain. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Found Beauty

All that is sweet, delightful, and amiable in this world, in the serenity of the air, the fineness of seasons, the joy of light, the melody of sounds, the beauty of colors, the fragrancy of smells, the splendor of precious stones, is nothing else but Heaven breaking through the veil of this world, manifesting itself in such a degree and darting forth in such variety so much of its own nature.
 

~ William Law

Found Beauty. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Baby Cardinals Outside Our Window

And a few weeks ago when those baby cardinals were still in eggs:
 

June

I went for a hike on Sunday.

Photo by Bruce Barone.

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