Vineyard 2011 (part 1)

We got back today from Martha's Vineyard! We had a lovely time, as always. More pics than words, now; I'm tired (we caught an early ferry, luckily switched from the one this evening we were supposed to be on; no bad weather here yet, just some rain, but it wouldn't have been a fun day worrying about it, and I'm not sure how long they kept ferries running in any case).

We arrived there on Saturday afternoon. On Sunday morning we went to the Agricultural Society Fair. Sam climbed the climbing tower again, this time with more success:



We also saw a dog show, a frog jumping contest, and a women's skillet throw. It was awesome. Also hot.

On Monday morning early, our friend A, whom J. lived with through grad school, came for the day (she lives in Toronto, but was on Cape Cod with her partner, and took an early ferry over and a late ferry back so we had the whole day together). We went out for brunch and then to the Arboretum. It's very hard to get a photo of Sam in which he doesn't look goofy (he is exactly like Calvin of Calvin & Hobbes).





But then, at the sculpture garden nearby in West Tisbury, J. caught this shot (both kids were sitting on a tree branch):



Frida is easier to photograph; she's not nearly so self-conscious yet (even with the mosquito bite which she'd scratched to scabbing, now healing on her cheek):







The sculpture garden/art museum folks had put together a great treasure hunt, with line drawings of a lot of their sculptures and a few fake-outs. Sam loved it, and got them all right, winning a bumper sticker and a lapel pin.



Then we drove to Aquinnah, checked out the view from up on the cliffs, and spent a couple of hours down at the beach:











More soon...