Smorgabord Fall 2022
I got behind. I’ve been taking loads of photos, but seldom bother to edit and post them. This is a mish-mash of the past months starting around June 2022. Here we go…
Spring Concert
Violet graduated from middle school last summer! Her bandmates were the first to perform in the new school’s brand-new auditorium as 6th-graders in winter of 2019. The next time they got to play on the stage was as 8th graders at the end of 2022 thanks to the COVID restrictions. It was bittersweet to watch their second performance in 3 years of middle school. Violet has since declared that she will not be playing flute every again, and evidence suggests it’s not an idle threat.
24 years
Emily and I celebrated our 24th anniversary in June. She had to attend IATSE Union training in Boston on the day, so we met in Jamaica Plain to revisit our first apartment. We tromped around our old haunts and had a great weekend. I took 1, nondescript photo in a T station.
Dance Recital
Violet had a dance recital for tap & ballet in June as part of the year-end wrap up.
Welcome Dani!
This year we’re hosting a foreign exchange student from Spain. Dani joined us in August and will be part of the family until June 2023. She speaks English impressively well, has an outgoing personality, and shares Violets love of synchronized swimming. I’m impressed at her courage and ability to adapt to a different culture at such a young age for a substantial amount of time.
