Had a portrait session this week at the studio of three brothers for their Mom's Xmas present....

Here's a card I did for The Orleans Inn, thought it was a hoot. The Maas family have been great about giving my name out for the weddings and receptions held there (did about 6 weddings there last season) and they are a really nice family to work with. The food is wonderful as well, definitely should try next time you're on the Cape...

Here's our family Xmas card, always fun to do something different each year. Julie did the "set", I did the photography, and Evan wrote an "I Spy" poem for the inside...can you find him?

Well I arrived in FL safe and sound last Tuesday. Got to see some relatives and the folks for a couple of days before getting on the plane back. Drove on the beach, had a burger, and saw a monument to surfing at New Symerna Beach. As I was leaving, the Florida temps were going back up to the 70s while Boston was dipping into the 20s. Sigh.....

Well of course as I was heading down, the South had their earliest cold snap in recent memory...top temps were in the 40s...I decided to check out Savannah on the way (liked the movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"). Did the tourist bus tour and walked along the river. Had shrimp and grits and beer. Beautiful city, great architecture, hope to come back when it's warm sometime....

My parents flew down to Florida and it was my job to drive their car down to them. Haven't done the trip since sometime in the 80's! Took my 6 year old Fuji point-'n-shoot and stuck it out the window once and awhile along the way as a kind of "visual project"....

Participated in the "Downtown Stroll" in Hudson with some fellow Blue Skies people last Saturday. The Parish Jazz Band showed up to play some Xmas and jazz standards for the hardy soles who came out. The space was great, right in the center, with room for a backdrop in the back room so I got to do some portraits as well. Good time....

MERRY XMAS and a VERY HAPPY 2011!