Pictures of 12.09.01 -- Mary Seem comes to visit

It had been a few months since the Seems left for Vermont, so we were happy when Mary ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090714 came to spend the night. She and Jane ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090715 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090716 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090717 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090718 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090719 posed for a bunch of pictures and then Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090720 joined them for another.
This got them excited, so they decided to test their photography starting with pictures of the house ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090721 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090722 and then media photographs of the television ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090723 and a magazine on the floor ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090724 before recording the whole room ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090726 from the floor up. All this led them to try their hand at self portraits ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090725 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090727 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090728 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090729 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090730 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090731 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090732 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090733 in an effort reminiscent of efforts to recreate the Blair Witch project. After a break for some attempts at artistic photography ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090734 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090735 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090736 they went back to trying to capture some (or occasionally all) parts of their bodies ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090737 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090738 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090739 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090740 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090741 building up to the famous donut sequence ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090742 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090743 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090744 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090745 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090746 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090747 including the chocolate donut itself. ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090748 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090749 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090750 Another effort at artistic expression ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090751 brought them back to landscape photography ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090752 followed by attempts to record 360 degrees of Mary's face ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090753 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090754 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090755 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090756 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090757 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090758 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090759 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090760 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090761 followed by many views down their legs ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090762 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090763 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090764 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090765 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090766 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090767 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090768 Gentle viewer... I have made no effort to upgrade the presentation of the images that I've just shown. The artists had something in mind when they shot this collection and it would be a mistake for me to try and deconstruct their efforts by doing such questionable things as changing the orientation of their pictures. The art speaks for itself! What follows is a somewhat more mundane retelling of the events of the day
Later that day
After recording the home events, Mary and Jane walked into town to see the Revolutionary war reenactments in progress. The soldiers' encampment ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090769 got bigger ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090770 and bigger ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090771 as they got closer until they met the soldier ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090772 and his cannon ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090773 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090774 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090775 walking down the street ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090776 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090777 to meet his friends ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090778 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090779 and guard the fortress. ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090780 Some kind soul recorded Jane and Mary ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090781 by the cannon as they took this picture ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090782 of Palmer Square, this picture ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090783 of darkness and these street scenes ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090784 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090785 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090786 By now I had hooked up with them and we wall went to pick up Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090787 at Sunday school. Together, we drove ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090788 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090789 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090790 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090791 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090792 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090793 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090794 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090795 until we reached the battlefield ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090796 where Jane caught her breath ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090797 as we ran up the hill ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090798 to the Collonade ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090799 for a photo shoot. ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090800 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090801 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090802 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090803 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090804 and beyond ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090805 to the grave stone ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090806 where Mary and Jane ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090807 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090808 and then Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090809 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090810 enjoyed the cold ground.
ON the way back, we recorded the Collonade ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090811 in new light and then took numerous group pictures ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090812 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090813 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090814 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090815 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090816 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090817 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090818 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090819 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090820 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090823 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090824 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090825 including some from odd angles ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090821 and this upside down picture. ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090822 Some passerbys joined our photo session ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090826 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090827 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090828 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090829 although they sometimes also had trouble standing straight ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090830 though they did take this picture of our whole group ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090831 After one last picture of Jane ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090832 we ran down the hill ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090833 to get home for lunch.
There was a sandwich ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090834 and some tomatoes ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090835 not to mention the vegetarian delight ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090836 as Sarah and Debbie Chadi ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090837 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090838 studied away.
Next thing we knew, Boot and Nancy ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090839 arrived for a demonstration of PS2 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090840 and then Nancy showed off her copied face and new Beanie Baby ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090841 even as Debbie left. ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090842 Next the Seems got ready to go ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090843 showing off their Vermont plates ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090844 and up to date inspection ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090845 as Boot posed for a few final pictures ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090846 ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090847 and Mary and Jane did one last picture ../../../Sabbat/12.08.01MaryVisits//PC090848 before they hit the road for the ride back to the snow.