Bowled over

Told ya we bowled! (See last week's post here.)

Here's proof that Allegra and I were actually in the bowling alley. Notice the lanes behind us.

One of the folks who works for the non-profit that hosted the bowling night took this photo. I thought it came out cute.

We were hot and tired, but we managed to have a lot of fun!

To bowl or not to bowl

Daughter Allegra and I went bowling on Wednesday. If you knew us or had been a fly on the wall at the bowling alley, you would be chuckling right now.

We're not very good at it.

The non-profit for which she has been volunteering had a family night, and it was free. So we went and had a good time! Met a few nice folks and realized we needed some "practice" before we could call ourselves bowlers.

I won the first game; she won the second. Neither of us cracked a 70..but we did crack up a few times.

The last time I bowled the balls were all black. Who knew they came in pretty colors now?

Bwahahaha

Shadow Shot Sunday

Our daughter Allegra graduated from the University of Hartford last Sunday. I already used this photo in one of my many posts this past week about her graduation, but Ralph's shadow was too good not to use for Shadow Shot Sunday, so here it is again.

~ After the festivities were over.

I snapped these photos as we were walking back to the parking lot. Allegra says she still can't believe she has a bachelor's degree, almost a week of decompressing later.

Now if she only had a job.

See many more shadow-filled photos at our awesome Aussie friend Tracy's Hey Harriet blog and join in the shadow shot fun.

Graduation Day 2010 ~ wrap up (I think)

I've been going on and on about our daughter Allegra's graduation, but I had a lot of photos so I decided to split them into several posts. So sue me. ;-)

This is Allegra with her friend, Scott, who received a master's degree in psychology on Sunday.

The cool thing about Scott is that he was the first University of Hartford student Allegra and I met when we visited the campus. He was a sophomore when he gave us a tour of the school, when Allegra was a senior in high school. He was (and is) funny and personable and she and I both liked him immediately.

When she started there as a freshman they became friends, and have been friends ever since.

And he now has a master's degree! Way to go, Scott!

He is going to be a school psychologist, and has an internship lined up at a high school near where we live, coincidentally enough.

Sunday was a long day, but a good one. That is, until something really strange came upon yours truly, as I was sitting with my family having a celebration dinner.

Maybe God was punishing me for ordering a mixed drink. Maybe Patti the Good is not supposed to order mixed drinks. (I usually will just get a glass of wine with dinner.)

But I wanted to toast our daughter in style, so she and I both ordered a Cosmopolitan, something we had never had. It was made with cranberry juice and was delicious.

While we were eating and I was sitting there minding my own business, I got a shooting pain in my left ankle bone. It was horrible. I never had anything like that happen before.

I couldn't get comfortable. Even sharing tiramisu with Ralph didn't help. It hurt. I had to go out to the car and relax, but I could barely walk out of the restaurant. Putting weight on my foot was painful.

When we got home I immediately laid down and elevated my foot. I decided to take a pain reliever; I did and promptly fell asleep. Two hours later I was fine and it didn't hurt any more.

What happened? I haven't a clue.

My only thought is that I walked a long distance in sandals (although they are almost flat heels) and I pulled something. I should have just gone barefoot, I guess. Here you can see that Ralph and Cameron were a bit ahead of me. By that point I had given up trying to keep up!

Graduation Day 2010 ~ Part Deux

I am continuing my reportage, as it were, on Sunday's commencement at the University of Hartford.

Here's our dapper Ralph trying to determine the whereabouts of Allegra, before the morning festivities got under way.

And this is when he found her and they were chatting...

Not only were Allegra and Ralph seeing eye to eye on graduation day, they were also seeing foot to foot. (Actually that makes no sense. The picture was just an attempt on my part to be artsy).

Allegra sure was animated. She's usually quite quiet.This is similar, but not exactly the same, as a photo in the previous post.

And now it's afternoon, outside the sports center ~ Reich Family Pavilion, to be precise. The College of Arts and Sciences, which has the most students, held its ceremony inside the gym. That's when the students received their diplomas. It was a rather loud gathering!

I have more, but that's for another day.

We got us a graduit!

Kid One, our daughter Allegra, is graduating from college Sunday. But more on that later, after we see her get her degree. (sniff, tear)

This is Allegra waiting for the big yellow school bus on the first day of kindergarten in August, 1993. She was so looking forward to starting school. She was ready, even though she was not yet 5.

I remember the kids had to wear a piece of paper with their name, teacher's name and school bus number around their necks for the first few days of school.

I don't know if you can see it here, but in case you did and were wondering,..

Shadow Shot Sunday

We picked up our daughter this afternoon at the University of Hartford and I spied this great shadow on the side of the Hartt School of Music. I took a quick shot through the windshield.

Below are November shadows playing on the on-campus apartment building where Allegra lives.

To see many more shadowy photos, visit Tracy, at Hey Harriet.

Ruby Tuesday

~ From the archives ~

Here's our Kid One in 1991, helping us with the fall leaves. My the years do fly by. Now Allegra is a senior in college.

I haven't aged a bit, nor has her dad. Hahahahahaha.

To see many more Ruby Tuesday photos, visit our hostess, Mary T, at Work of the Poet.