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End-of-summer adventures outside Philadelphia

9/25/2013

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Fly! By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
Pool time is an intense endeavor when my husband, Jeff, visits his childhood home outside Philadelphia. He spent his summers in this pool, devising crazy jumps and dives—and giving his mom constant anxiety over his antics. By now she knows to look the other way; it's become my job to keep a phone handy in case he splits his head open. Even so, I love to watch him relax in his element and introduce the girls to his old stomping grounds. (Above: A girl after her dad's heart, Nora demands to "fly!")
Pool tricks. By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
It's hard to put my camera down when I'm in my in-laws' garden. Aren't these flowers amazing?
Pink and green hibiscus. By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
Purple morning glories on the fence. By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
Pink and green spider plant. By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
Our trip this year was short, so we didn't stray far from our favorite haunts, like Terrain at Styer's (a lunch date without kids!), the Philadelphia Zoo and Linvilla Orchards (below).
Playing at Linvilla Orchards. By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
Last year I posted photos of our friends' farm. This year they brought us these gorgeous sunflowers and invited us to visit their chicks.
Yellow sunflower with fringe. By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
Obviously the chicks were popular with the girls. Cricket gingerly pet them (below). Nora has not yet developed the ability to be ginger, so she happily jabbed them in the eyes.
Chick in hand. By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
Cricket also discovered the chickens would follow her if she ran like a mad woman around their pen.
Toddler racing around the chicken coop. By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
This trip was only a month ago, but we're already hankering for just one more summer weekend to "fly" in the pool and race around the farm...
Chick coop in the later afternoon light. By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
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Dottie Gahres
9/25/2013 06:25:45 am

Julia

What fun photos of Jeff and the girls in the pool as well as the lovely photos of our home! Enjoying your blog....

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