007 wedding cake

This was my favorite wedding cake at the Sandwich Fair. Not the most romantic of themes, but the funniest!



This vignette is my favorite. Was he ejected, or did he get out and stagger off until he passed out in the icing? Hahahaha!

Flood September 2008

We've had some serious rainfall this weekend, with flooding in all kinds of unexpected places. We personally got very lucky; even our window well that always floods stayed bone dry this time. But lots of roads, rivers and retention ponds weren't as lucky -- or were many of my friends. Good luck cleaning up, everyone!

That said, some people don't have the sense to heed warning signs.





There was a lot more of Lake Glenview than usual!



Couldn't even get to the bridge.


That gurgling triangle of white in the middle? Is a fountain. It is surrounded by benches, usually.


The waters came down on Sunday around the lake at least.






Techny Basin was filling up all day on Saturday.


Notice the trees weren't flooded yet, and the water was actually going down to a second level in the bowl. By Sunday, it was full.


This may not seem like much...but this is what Techny Basin looks the other 360+ days of the year.


The whole set is found at Flickr.

Prize-winning...

Peppers


Pickling


Tomatoes


Quick Breads


Quilts


All taken at the Sandwich Fair, September 2008.

Blue-Ribbon Corn

I went to the Sandwich Fair today. I had a corndog, mini-donuts, an elephant ear, and lemon mix-up. I saw quilts and jams and pigs and rabbits. I snickered at the My Bank Pen collection, and was sad when we couldn't find the World's Tallest Man carnival exhibit. It rained hard the whole day.

I had a great time. My stomach still hurts.

Charter Fishing

I posted a whole set of shots on Flickr of our morning charter fishing on Lake Michigan, but here are some of my favorite (photography-wise) of the set.

Sunrise over the bow


We reach our destination.


Fishing boat in the orange sun


Andy


Dave


Janie


Richard reels it in


Showing off the day's catch


An impressive collection of lures


Best tagline ever!



We will definitely do this again. At least the guys will; hopefully they'll continue to let me tag along and photograph their, um, hard work. (Truthfully, Matt the captain did everything, and deserves a ton of credit and thanks. Jackpot Fishing for all your charter fishing needs!)