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15 Photos Challenge Round 46

2011 through 2013 (excluding wedding in 2013 – see round 13 for the wedding or round 47?)

I don’t have many good photos for each of these years, so decided to pick the best from the three years and combine them.

Marco and Mariel were married July 13, 2013. I have a separate group of photos for the wedding.

2011:

At Lake George with cousins on my father’s side: Starting from left: Bob Day, Susan Brown, Barb Holmes, Susan Brown’s friend Susie Corbett, Linda Colgan (my sister), Priscilla Day in the center, Front row: Carol Brockunier, David Day, me. Too bad Tom couldn’t make it.

Taking a course in Physics with a field trip to Okemo Mountain where I used to work. Exploring forces.

Marco met me at Okemo for the field trip. This is Jackson Gore, the development that was under planning and development while we worked there. The ride may have been called “Timber Ripper”?

Mariel and Marco had started dating this year, I believe. I didn’t take this photo but Marco shared it with me at some point.

I believe this was right after my Uncle Bob’s funeral. Aunt Phillis was there too. I can’t find the original digital photo, but this is a photo taken of a print. I don’t have many photos of my brother from that period. And only a very few of my parents. This one is in the bright sunshine, but it will have to do.

My cousin’s Priscilla and Susan. Nina looking up at me. This was also on the occasion of Uncle Bob’s funeral, but I had gone back to where I lived in Rutland, and they had come over to visit.

Not a great picture, but it was in the local paper where I had taken a new job teaching math in Brandon, VT.

2012

I didn’t take this photo. Marco and Mariel were dating. It must have been a wedding or some other event.

Marco and Mariel got little Murray when they moved in together.

Here’s the Save The Date card that went out in 2012.

2013

Trying on lots of dresses for the wedding. This is not the one I ultimately went with, but I liked it.

And here we are shopping for Marco’s suit for their wedding. It’s the last time we ever shopped together.

My official school photo wearing the necklace I had made to go with the dress that I wore at for the wedding.

I don’t remember taking this picture. Tom or Linda must have sent it to me. They are at Lake George having a great time.

Here are Mariel and Marco on the eve of their wedding at Sugarbush. This was the Rehearsal Dinner. They look so happy!

June 23, 2026July 5, 2026 by msdayvt Tags: 15photos, family, life, love, writing Leave a comment

15 Photos Challenge Round 45

2010

I’m guessing this was taken at Camp Ahmek in Ontario.

On the way to Vermont from Miami. Cape Canaveral, Florida, with Nina.

Same trip. This was at a state park.

Marco and Mariel on a cruise in the Caribbean.

Either the same cruise or another one.

I’m guessing this was also aboard a cruise.

I believe this was at mom and dad’s house in Vermont.

Some classmates at my 30th high school reunion. On the right in the black top is Carla Nielsen.

Also high school reunion, but a separate event earlier in the day, I think. Goofing around.

On a hike somewhere near Stowe, Vermont, with Georges.

Georges Dionne lived in Stowe, VT. I don’t recall exactly where we hiked that day.

Visiting Linda’s family in Charlotte. Nina and Angus became lifelong friends. But on the sofa they stayed apart.

Marco’s first job out of college at the River Valley Club in Lebanon, NH.

Wearing a top from the market bazaar in Bangkok for picture day at Otter Valley Union High School in Brandon, VT, where I took a job after returning from Florida.

May 25, 2026 by msdayvt Leave a comment

15 Photos Challenge Round 44

2009

Florida Everglades. I lived about half an hour from here in South Beach, Miami.

Banana Republic. Memorable because it was second to last time we shopped together, and the last time we shopped alone. A few years later, we shopped for a suit for his wedding. Mariel and others were with us for that.

Returning from our shopping trip in South Beach.

Crossing the waterway separating my neighborhood from the beach. My gym was in the building behind Marco. Out for a jog.

This was on the opposite coast: Sanibel Island. We were there for Thanksgiving with extended family.

Goofing around with Nina and Marco, my sweethearts.

We would always take off our sunglasses for a second selfie, but that meant we’d be squinting. Still love this photo.

Marco taking his cousin, Drew, out for a spin from Uncle Wally’s place in the bay.

Another day at the beach. Marco is a little sunburned.

And then the sunglasses were moved…

The ocean was so beautiful. The camera was still new. Really striking how much better it was than the old 35 millimeter.

Back in Vermont, Linda and I took the dogs for daily walks up Mount Filo.

Nina had a great time hiking with Angus.

I believe this was Christmas at Okemo. I was in Florida. That’s Linda, Jack, Marco, Drew, Mark, and Tom.

I believe this was the year of my parents’ 50 wedding anniversary. This was taken at the wedding of Anne Straiton. She married into the Rockefeller family.

May 13, 2026 by msdayvt Leave a comment

15 Photos Challenge Round 41

2007 A

My colleagues and I took the entire fifth grade on an overnight trip to Paracas. I believe we stayed two nights. We visited a museum and cruised in a boat around some little islands with wildlife. This was a beachcombing excursion later in the afternoon. Months later, this area was devastated by an earthquake. The museum was flattened. The road to Lima was destroyed and remained closed for an extended period.

An especially memorable side trip in Peru was to the Amazon jungle. This photo was taken on a fishing excursion. We fished for piranha which was not hard because we used beef for bait.

I ran into a colleague while in the jungle. She was staying at the same outpost. Small world. Can’t recall her name. She was from southern New Hampshire. Again, small world.

I met James Isaacs in the jungle, too. He’s from Los Angeles. We met up later in Lima and kept in touch for several years.

James invited me to his second home in Buenos Aires. He showed me all over the city and took me out for all kinds of entertainment. We met up in the States a few times after I left Lima. I stayed with him in LA and also in San Diego where is company was located. Later, we met up in Dallas. Great guy.

This was a festival held at school while Marco and Jonathan were visiting.

Now that we had a camera that didn’t require focusing, we took selfies that were a lot more clear.

I love this photo of the ride from the airport. Jonathan and Marco both sat in the front seat of my little car. We got stopped because I think I ran a red light. Maybe it was a stop sign. Anyway, I had to pay a bribe.

Tiger was glad to see Marco again. There’s the new camera on the table.

I took Jonathan and Marco out for dinner and Pisco Sours, the national drink. We went to a place that had a show after the meal. Audience participation.

I guess the boys switched to beer after the Pisco Sour. I was so happy to be back together with my people.

The gang was all together again. We enjoyed nightlife and did a lot of sightseeing. The new digital camera meant more than the usual amount of photos and they were significantly more vibrant.

We made a post card out of this shot.

Love this photo of the two of us. Not sure why it’s blurry though.

A little more clear. We hit some museums and did some shopping. This may have been while Jonathan was on his excursion to Machu Picchu.

May 12, 2026 by msdayvt Tags: peru, photography, south-america, travel Leave a comment

15 Photos Challenge Round 43

Photos from 2008

South Beach. Miami. Karen Choan visiting from Lima. We worked and commuted together when I lived there.

Wish I could remember the name of the country club where we had Thanksgiving dinner with the Dunbars.

Below is my extended family in Captiva (Sanibel Island) on Thanksgiving Day. Marco and I are in the center.

Male relatives playing football on Sanibel Island. Left to right: Marco, Drew Colgan, Tom Dunbar, my dad (Tom Day, Sr.), my brother (Tom Day, Jr.), my brother-in-law (Mark Colgan), Jack Parker (Sara’s son), and Bill Dunbar. Nina in foreground. We assembled on the island for Thanksgiving two years in a row, as I recall.

Nina, a rescue pup, was new to me and we were still bonding. She was a little insecure with all the people in the cottage where we stayed on Sanibel Island.

This was Miami Beach. I think this was a separate trip that Marco made down to Florida that year.

Marco babysat his cousins, Drew (pictured here) and Jack Colgan. Charlotte, Vermont.

Marco worked for a mason while a student at Lyndon State College. Brute force!

Here’s Marco with his boss, I think.

At Lake George with Rascal.

Marco at Lake George with Rascal.

Grannie at Lake George before or after a ride with Marco and me. Probably Rascal, too.

Behind the wheel on Lake George.

Caught a fish. Lake George, I believe.

I believe this was Christmas Day but I don’t recognize the person in the background. Possibly Hartland. I was down in Miami that year. Tom and I had gone on a short cruise that day.

May 11, 2026 by msdayvt Leave a comment

15 Photos Challenge Round 42

2007 Part B

I was only going to do one round of 15 photos for 2007 because this was the year I received a digital camera and made the transition away from physical photos. But I realized that the digital photos I took when Marco and Jonathan came to visit me in Lima were special. After 23 years, this was the last time I would host them together. The end of an era.

This was a trip to Paracas to prepare for a field trip we would be taking with the fifth grade. Other teachers came along and we made a party out of it. These high school teachers were from Germany and Canada.

Jonathan and Marco and I were out sightseeing. It hadn’t occurred to me at the time that this would be our last outing together as a group. We used to ski and snowboard together every weekend. We also used to go to Lake George together. One year we went to Montreal.

Goofing around in my apartment.

Shopping. Everything was Baby Alpaca wool.

Tiger watching us eat breakfast. I lived in two different high rises that year. After I left, there was an earthquake that everyone said made the buildings sway.

These guys were fun to hang out with. Always entertaining. My microwave is covered in Cambodian cloth.

Not sure what Jonathan was holding. They were so beautiful! They still are!

My cute little Tiger. I was wearing my Cambodian sandals.

Jonathan went to Machu Pichu and Marco stayed behind to hang out with us. Here is Marco and Tiger down on the Malecon a short walk from where I lived.

When Marco returned home he purchased his first car. A Ford Focus.

Here’s Marco back home at my parents’ house out by the pool in a sweater I bought for him when we were in Lima. Much later when I returned to visit I found it stuffed in a suitcase in the barn with other stuff he was abandoning. I saved it and wear it still. That Baby Alpaca is so warm and doesn’t itch.

Here’s my mom in a baby alpaca shawl that I picked up for her in Lima. I wonder if she still has it. Don’t think I ever saw her wear it again. It matches her hair!

Visiting friends in Canada. I believe this is in Victoria with friends from Cambodia. I’m wearing Cambodian silk. I had also been to Vancouver to visit other friends from Cambodia but we didn’t take any pictures.

Before Marco left for Ontario that summer, he visited GG at Lake George and they went on an epic fishing adventure.

Digital camera says this was taken in December so I might have been living on Miami Beach by then. Other possibility was that I was visiting Vermont for Christmas. Either way, little Tiger was snuggling with me.

April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 by msdayvt Tags: family, lake-george, life, lima, love, peru, travel, victoria Leave a comment

15 Photos Challenge Round 40

2006

With a colleague, Chris, at a teacher conference in Manila. We referred to it as “the thrilla in manila”.

With my teaching assistant in Phnom Penh. I think it was a “New Year” celebration at a local restaurant.

My fifth grade class on our field trip to Seam Reap to visit the ruins at Angkor Wat. They were a great class and the trip was fantastic.

Returning to the states, I drove Marco to Ontario where he was a counselor at Camp Ahmek.

Tiger came along on our trip to Canada.

The swimming area at Camp Ahmek.

Tiger and me on the dock at Camp Ahmek.

Saying goodbye as I head to Niagara Falls on my way back to the states and down to Maryland for a job fair.

The cabin where Marco would stay when he wasn’t on a wilderness excursion.

Tiger and me at Niagara Falls.

Tiger taking a break from driving for a walk and a drink. I believe this was West Virginia. We camped at the KOA in Harper’s Ferry.

Bold portrait of Tiger near the campsite early in the morning.

My next assignment was in Lima, Peru. This was a Halloween event with the whole school at which I was wearing something I’d picked up in Laos a couple years prior.

Here’s Philipe dressed as Charlie Chaplin for Halloween.

“The Yanahuara lookout point is one of the symbols of the city of Arequipa. It is one of the most photographed places by tourists visiting the ‘White City’. It is located in the neighborhood of the same name where a colonial church also stands out. From the lookout point you have a privileged view of the city and the Chachani, Pichu Picchu and Misti volcanoes.”

April 21, 2026May 12, 2026 by msdayvt Leave a comment

15 Photos Challenge Round 39

2005

Photos from 2005 in Phnom Penh where I lived for two years. Some of these are from an early round of travel photos that I reorganized here by year instead of by the physical photo album I took them from.

United Nations Day at Northbridge International School in Phnom Penh. Sweet kiddos. Filipino, Cambodian, American in this pic.

Vacation in Hua Hin, Thailand, in April. Far too hot, even for the beach!

Learned how to ride a motorcycle after purchasing it. Phnom Penh.

Taught Marco how to ride. Undeveloped land next door to campus. My dog once found what I believed to have been a human bone here.

Marco being taken to the gym at the Intercon Hotel by my moto taxi driver. He did wear a helmet!

Adopted a puppy in Seam Reap when visiting Angkor Wat. Tiger was born to my guide’s dog.

Visiting the temples of Angkor Wat was a hot endeavor, so midday was spent in the pool at the hotel.

I think my guide took this. Marco was back at the hotel staying cool.

This was in Vietnam, but not sure exactly where. May have been Hoi Ann. We spent time there and in Sai Gon (Ho Chi Minn City).

Vising ruins in Kompang Cham with Tiger in a Tuk Tuk.

Visit to the former capital of Cambodia. Oudong is not far from Phnom Penh. Tiger saw lots of Cambodia.

Wat Nokor in Banteay Prey Nokor. Statue is “Dvarapala.”

This is in Cambodia overlooking Vietnam’s MeKong Delta. We visited nearby bomb craters from Nixon/Kissinger’s covert war.

This was a on an island accessible by boat during rainy season. Asram Moha Russei temple, Angkor Borei District, Takeo. It was an amazing day with Tiger and our guides.

At the end of our journey my Tuk Tuk driver snapped our photo. We had been to multiple islands and a museum in Angkor Borei. Then we rode home to Phnom Penh.

April 20, 2026May 12, 2026 by msdayvt Tags: asia, cambodia, phnom-penh, siem-reap, travel Leave a comment

15 Photos Challenge Round 14.5

From 2001

At my parents’ house. Don’t know on what occasion but Tom was up from Florida.

Mom and me.

Tom and me. We could have just done a group photo, I guess.

Decided to include some photos from school this round. I remember this boy but not his name. I still have that coffee mug. I don’t have those earrings anymore. This was Richards School in Newport, NH, where I taught for four years.

This was a field trip to Cardigan Mountain. Field trips were always a good time.

This is a different field trip with a different group. I think it was a wildlife center in NH.

Teaching reading, something I did a lot of back when I taught elementary school. Very satisfying work.

Sanibel Island trip for Uncle Wally’s 80th birthday at Thanksgiving. This is Dad and me at the country club in Captiva.

All smiles.

Upgraded to a jeep for bopping around the island and a trip to Naples and Marco Island for a some alligator viewing.

This was on our excursion south.

Marco and his cousin, Drew, down at the beach at Wally’s cottage.

And here’s drew with his mom, Linda. Wally’s pontoon boat in the background.

Mom and Dad together though I don’t remember the occasion.

Mom’s brother, Randy, is on the left out of sight. On the right is the son of her other brother, Duncan. Duncan, Jr., was called Snooky. All her brothers and several of her nephews are gone now, including Snooky. RIP.

February 9, 2026February 26, 2026 by msdayvt Leave a comment