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December 20, 2014

Danbury Winter Pictures

Here are a few more pictures from our winter visit to Danbury. Wrapping presents, decorating gingerbread houses and putting lights on the trees — we’re looking forward to a wonderful holiday season with family.

A cold, rainy, December day over the swamp behind the house.

Kai takes aim.

It was warm enough for Kai and Nora to pull out their foam tipped bows from summer.

Some clever hunger games caption goes here.

Crystal warm by the fire.

The lights in the rain had their own charm.

Nora can finally make a snow angel. She was unfazed by Kai's snowball to the mid-section.

When I was getting ready for the picture Nora said "wait! Let me make a blizzard" and she threw some snow in the air.

Kai makes a blizzard for the camera.

Getting ready to put the siding on the gingerbread house.

Crystal and Kai working on Chez Gingerbread.

Nora and Ben work on thier Gingerbread house.

Nora reading the paper by the fire.

HDR shot of Danbury house as seen from the detached garage.

July 8, 2014

Happy Danbury!

When we first bought the place we referred to is as “Danbury” in that Danbury is the closest tiny town at about 4 miles away. As in “can’t wait to go to Danbury”. The kids thought the name of the house itself was “Danbury”. Now, on vacation, our morning greeting when someone wake up is “Happy Danbury!”

Kai and Nora on the deck

Crystal and her (probably not poisonous) tree frog

Close up on another tree frog

Dragonfly! We love these guys!

A gentle rain on the south swamp

Nora working on handwriting

Kai works on handwriting

July 6, 2014

First Days of Vacation

Here are a few pictures from the first days of vacation. The day after we arrived we had the treat of celebrating Kai’s first birthday in the USA. Usually we don’t arrive back here until the next week. Grandma Ellen made a cake and the Posts, Jacobs, Lacoutures and Millers stopped by to help celebrate. Enjoy the pics!

The last vacation link!

Nora reads her last "Green Truth" before vacation.

Crystal and Nora in the Crown Lounge

Kai in the Crown Lounge in Amsterdam on the way over

Flarp!

Playing in the rain

Evelyn hams it up for the camera.

The balloons Julie picked up were a hit.

Kai holding court

Kai blows out the candles on the cake Grandma made.

During Kai's birthday gathering

Chatting during Kai's birthday gathering

August 3, 2013

Home Addition

The home addition is coming along nicely. For those that are interested here are some pictures of progress made so far (and a few other bonus pics).

Kai reads

to a young visitor we had. Both Kai and Nora did a great job digging out their safest toys for a toddler to play with.

Panorama of the new addition

From the back end of the house almost standing in the wetlands.

Panorama of the new addition

a better view of what has been added.

Panorama of the new addition

From the south east corner

Panorama of the new addition

fromt he front with my back to the lake.

Panorama of the new bedroom

Now with all 3 skylights in and the fireplace framed.

Nora with her new hat

She spent her allowance on a faux-squirrel hat complete with tail and has pretty much worn it everywhere since.

Kai rockin in the back seat.

An artsy shot through the skylight.

January 3, 2013

A few more Danbury Pictures

On December 31 I went out in the early AM before the sky started to change and tried to capture a few interesting shots of the house. It was below zero with a respectable breeze which was not conducive to having dextrous fingers to fiddle with camera knobs. That combined with the difficulty of focusing and shooting in very low light kept most from turning out but there are a few worth sharing. For reference these were taken when the sky was almost entirely dark – they seem like dawn is well along only due to the long exposure. The only lights in the house were the patio light in the back, the fireplace inside and the Christmas lights strung on the deck.

The ones below are a combination of long exposures, high dynamic range and extreme photoshopping.

Bass Lake view

A dawn view of the house. It was cold out. Below zero with a bit of a breeze.

Another shot of the house

This time from the back with the patio lights on

Long exposure shot

This was taken before dawn but with a very long exposure.

The woods behind our house. This is taken standing by our garage and looking across the wetlands to the house.

Our cabin

Taken from Bass lake just before dawn and photoshopped 4 ways to Sunday.

December 26, 2012

2012 Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve started early when our Elf of the Shelf named Danbury visited and left a series of clues that Kai and Nora had to follow to find their presents. The clues alternated between pictographs (for Nora) and sentences (for Kai) so they could both participate. That craft elf even had them running a few hundred feet up the road to the garage with the temps hovering close to zero. Kai got a small star wars lego and Nora a Hello Kitty hat that she has yet to take off.

Later Ellen and Art as well as Aunt Karen joined us for a wonderful evening of conversation and the traditional Christmas Fondue. The cheese didn’t curdle and there were no burns in the hot oil so – success! Santa’s progress was tracked through the night via NORAD.

At bed time Nora was out like a light but Kai struggled between being unable to sleep due to anticipation combined with a fervent desire to will himself to sleep lest Santa give our house a pass due to restless kids.

Nora's new hat

Here is Nora getting some breakfast ready early Christmas Eve. Our "Elf on the Shelf" named Danbury had it waiting for her when she woke up and we are going on the third day with her not taking it off at all.

Nora and Grandma Ellen

Nora poses with Grandma Ellen. Nora was very proud of being able to blow up a balloon herself.

The New iPhone

Ben shows Art some tips and tricks for using his new iPhone that Julie and Eric sent him. Kai was just hamming it up.

Preparing the cheese fondue

This year it turned out wonderfully! I'm 3 for 4 in recent memory for creamy, uncurdled cheese fondue.

Christmas Eve Dinner

Our most dangerous Christmas Eve tradition - hot oil and cheese fondue!

Balloon tennis

Nora kept a game of balloon tennis going most of the evening.

Mixing up the Porridge

Kai and Nora raid the spice cabinet to make the Reindeer Porridge. This year we used a grits base and flavored it with garlic, onion, thyme, basil, cloves and some breakfast sausage seasoning (among other things). The Reindeer always appreciate the effort.

Note For Santa

Nora leaves a note for Santa along with some cookies milk and the Reindeer porridge.

September 11, 2012

The Last set from Danbury

It doesn’t usually take an entire month to work through the last of the vacation photos but this time it did. I’m blaming the network. At any rate, the last images of a fantastic summer vacation are posted on the bencrystal.net website. Enjoy!

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December 21, 2011

Holiday Cheer

Holiday cheer is in full swing on Sharar Circle. Trees are up, treats are made and Christmas specials have been viewed. The “Holiday” playlist on the iPod runs on shuffle-repeat all day long – with almost 700 songs it takes a while to hear any repeated though I must say that tracks from The Bob Dylan Christmas album make far more appearances that may be expected by chance. Enjoy the pictures…

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August 5, 2011

A few pictures from around Danbury

Our second week back we stuck close to home. That weekend Grandma Wiemann, Lea Ann, Nina, Sara, Paul and Bev all visited as well as Grandma and Grandpa Jacobs. We had some good food and a nice visit to the Fur Trading re-enactment at the nearby Forts Folle Avoine. Enjoy the pictures.

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