hanging out with Hobbes

Whenever I have my DSLR out at home, I seem to end up taking a few (and by few, I really mean a lot) of pictures of my cats. As I've mentioned before, Hobbes has so much energy that it's been hard to get more than a few snaps of him when he's not sleeping, particularly with the DSLR. Last week I was lucky enough to get a great round up of shots of him.

Of course I couldn't take pictures of Hobbes without taking a few pictures of Apollo, my ever present photo taking helper and total natural in front of the camera.

I'm Not a Pilot at Regner Park

As many of you know, just one of the numerous fun things to do in Milwaukee during the summer is listen to live music, often for free and outdoors. While I've heard a number of bands here over the past few years, most often I'm checking out an event because I'm Not a Pilot is there. The inaugural Homegrown festival at Regner Park in West Bend, WI last month was no exception.

Does anyone else like to get out and listen to live music during the summer?

Boerner Botanical Gardens in the summer

I'm so glad that I was able to get out to the Boerner Botanical Gardens right here in Milwaukee this summer on a beautiful day in early July to admire and photograph just a few of their many gorgeous plants and flowers.

Check out what I was photographing at the Boerner Botanical Gardens back in 2013.

What local attractions have you been frequenting (and photographing) this summer?

4th of July Boat Ride

Jake's birthday is July 3, which means that many years we end up doing something over the 4th of July holiday with family and friends to celebrate both his birthday and Independence Day. This year is the big 3-0 so we're actually doing multiple birthday events throughout week, which included an Edelweiss Cruise along the Milwaukee River on July 4th. The big downtown fireworks show is on July 3 so we avoided those crowds and still had plenty of time to get to a fireworks show in the suburbs that night.

 

A boat tour is such a fun way to enjoy your city, even if it's a place that you've lived for years. If you live in Milwaukee or are ever visiting the area, put it on your list of things to do.

reliving Disney memories - Epcot

As some of you may remember, Jake and I took a trip to Orlando in January. You can check out my preview post over here and my full Magic Kingdom post over here. I'm still going through my vacation pictures and am posting more shots from Epcot today.

Stay tuned later this summer for shots from Universal Studios.

How long does it take you to go through your vacation pictures? Is anyone dreaming about a vacation right now?