Visiting the Syracuse Wrights Pt. 2

After "breakfast," we all headed outside for some volleyball. It was a great, sunny day, so it was fun to be outside.

Visiting the Syracuse Wrights Pt. 1

Mid-July the three youngest Wrights and I traveled to Syracuse to visit their uncle, aunt and cousins. It was a quick trip, arriving late Friday evening, leaving late Sunday afternoon, but we managed to fit a lot into that small amount of time. Such as, tie-dye waffles and volleyball, a little XBox 360 here and there, and a trip to Starbucks/Barnes & Noble.

Tie-dye waffles...I wasn't too sure about this whole concept. Especially when you add ice cream and sundae toppings, and then make it your breakfast. Definitely wouldn't have flown at the Finley house! You've gotta admit they sure are colorful, even in the early stages.

The finished product--I'm still very wary.

Now I'm sold. Having eaten this like an ice cream sandwich (think waffle, ice cream, waffle) topped with whipped cream and syrup...mmmm. It was a good breakfast after all.

While the waffles were being made, I decided to get out my camera and go to work.

For Faith, this is Violet's cousin's dog, Whistler. He's got lots of energy. The Wrights also have a cat, and some peacocks that they are trying to get rid of. Any takers?

A lone sunflower in the garden. Beside chewing sunflower seeds (yumm...), living in Kansas has given me an affinity for these buggers.

The barn on the Wrights property is old and rickety, so no going inside, but I was able to get a shot of the morning light coming in through a door to create a cool light/shadows effect.

This is the Wrights' house. It's large, as is the yard. Teaser--we played volleyball shortly after breakfast. This has not been confirmed, but some folks think you can actually see the Wrights looking out of their windows...

The Wrights' barn. Growing up in Walton knowing dairy farmers with barns, moving to Kansas and knowing more people with them, not to mention having a barn on the Finley family property in Illinois, barns are a part of my life--and I'm happy about that. I love these elevated New York barns.

Alright, more to come from this visit later. Right now I need to go mow the grass.

Back at it

First things first--beyond it being a busy summer, Violet and I just recently got engaged! So that's one reason the author of this here blog hasn't been putting anything up. We're pretty excited about it and are planning for a wedding on June 20, 2009. Here are some unofficial pictures (better ones from Alastair, Violet's brother-in-law, coming soon)...




I'm working on getting all of the other photos I've taken the second half of this summer all gussied up and ready for publishing, so there should be more coming up in the next few days. Most of the photos will be on Facebook, but I'll put some up here as well.

-Kyle