Pipey Sings: This Moment

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

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Celebrating the 4th

So yeah, I'm a day late and a dollar short but I thought you may enjoy a recap of our 4th of July adventures (two months late).  We had tremendous fun.  The kids and I were in NC and we went to my great great uncle Gene Blanton's house at Moss Lake. (that makes him my children's great great great uncle - which kinda blows my mind that they actually met him.) There was a fish fry, playing in the lake, riding on a boat, eating ice cream and watching fireworks.  My cousins had procured a large supply of fireworks and it was a very different experience for us.  We were right under them and my dad got amazing pictures.  (he took all these pictures)

Investigating

Serious fun in the lake!

Found a rope.

Yep, in the lake in their clothes.

That's better.

Suit up!

 

We got a boat ride too!

Piper took her ice cream on the boat.

He loves boats.

Really.

The sun is starting to set!

Almost time for fireworks.

Sparklers.

Sparky and the sparklers.

This one is my favorite!

Nothing says family like blowing stuff up together!

Herculaneum & Pompeii

I went to Pompeii and Herculaneum when I visited James in Italy.  (Herculaneum is a smaller town close by Pompeii that was also destroyed when Mt. Vesuvius erupted.)  It blew my mind.  I mean,  I'm walking around in a town that is literally older than Jesus.  Did you know that they had running water?  (and sewers!) Their system of water delivery was amazing.  There were  different tiers of "necessity" where the water was concerned.  When they were in times of drought the least important tier automatically stopped running the water and focused towards the more important ones.  B.C. people!  I don't want to bore you with too many "fun facts" so I'll just say this...I'm different now.  Different for being in that place, walking on those roads, touching those walls. 

Ready for photo overload?

Beautiful mosaic tile floor.

Zoom in on this one if you can.  Especially the art across the top.

One of the drinking fountains.  The most important tier.

If you can zoom in on this one you should.  In the process of restoring.

A beautiful ceiling.

The Temple of Isis

The Great Theater
Fun Fact: This is where Pink Floyd played.

Amazing detail just on a corner of a building. 
Almost an afterthought.

A wealthy home.

The Amphitheater

Inside

The start of the Necropolis

The Necropolis

A snake on a wall in a home.  It was amazing to me that so much
of the art survived.

 

This is Apollo.  I'm toying around with the idea of having another kid
 (or just getting another dog) so I can name someone Apollo.

Would you believe me if I told you I really did narrow these down?  I really did.  If I went into detail on every picture I'd basically be writing a guide book, but if you have specific questions on any of them let me know and I will try to answer.  It was a tremendous experience and I hope I can go back one day.