Hello out there!

If you frequent this blog of mine, you have probably noticed, I don’t post a lot of personal photos very often.

And if you don’t follow me on Instagram then you may not know this about me:

I am full fledged, self-proclaimed camera phone addict-

I can’t help myself!

its just such an easy way to capture all of those little moments

and share with our family and friends back in CA!

So, today I thought I’d share a bit of my  personal life through pictures-

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Our summer in a nutshell

complete with trips to Maine, Vermont, Niagara Falls, Montreal and Quebec City Canada,

Rhode Island beaches, California, Outdoor movies, Drive-in movies,

Block Island, 2 different public piano performances by D,

lovely flowers and other nature, crazy art projects including our dog,

Underwater photography (see above), lighthouses,

fun at our pool club, camp grounds, backyard fire works, boating in RI and Maine,

cooking our first lobster,

Friends, Bry brewing his own beer,

First day of school pics,

canoeing, surfing, and then more surfing!

Whew!

Action packed and lots of fun!

Here we go!

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I will start with some scenes of my hometown, Ojai, located in CA!

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Canoeing with the fam in RI

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G graduated Preschool!

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D getting back into the surf groove now that the water has warmed up again

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D performed on piano in his school’s talent show!

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Scenes from my evening walks

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Setting up the tent~

The boys and Scout loved it!

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Watching brother’s baseball game and the boys and scout camping out in a homemade fort (aka secret rocket ship- the Tiger 2000)

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Backyard fireworks- view from the hammock

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More canoeing adventures in RI

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Scout- pretty little bee and muddy mess

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D’s homemade cornbread

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Block Island trip

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Bry’s home brew fun

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Cooling off from the crazy summer heatwave

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Fun at our pool club with friends

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Boating with friends

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Road trippin with the fam

(The boys are studying up on their French in order to make friends in Quebec)

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Fun in Niagara Falls~ Ontario,Canada

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Scenes from Montreal and Quebec City, Quebec

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More surfing and new England seaside adventures

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The Drive-in Movies!

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D’s first piano competition!

He won 2nd place!

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Lounging in the backyard hammock

G: “I just love this island”

Me: “What island?

G: “Rhode Island!”

:)

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Vermont!

The Ben and Jerry’s Ice cream Factory Tour!

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an evening rainbow and sunset all at once!

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Playing and working in CA

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The boys taking water pics and enjoying our town’s outdoor movie night

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Evening seaside play with our dog Scout and the boys

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Painting the swingset

And the dog! And themselves! And each other

You can imagine how surprised I was too see that!

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Adventures in Maine:

Including cooking our first fresh caught live Maine lobsters

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More gorgeous summer flowers and scenery captured on my walks

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Road tripin through Boston at night

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First day of school pics!

And my baby heading off to kindergarten the next day!

His first time getting on the bus!

Serious tear jerker!

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Whew!

Are you still with me?

As you can see I love my Iphone for pics!

If you follow me on Instagram or my Tumblr page you have seen many of these images throughout the summer!

http://instagram.com/wildflowerlife

http://wildflowershell.tumblr.com/

Goodbye Summer!

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Welcome Fall!

Wishing you all a happy autumn equinox!

Until next time,

xo

~Shell