Jewels

Met my “distant cousin” Julie Bidwell and her family yesterday in West Hartford. Turns out we’ve both known about each other for years, having the same name and me being a photographer and Julie being an anchor on Fox News in NY (Julie Banderas on TV) we both show up on google on a regular basis. I contacted her on Facebook last week and we met at Cosi this afternoon, Julie with her Mom Fabiola, husband Andy & newborn daughter Addison. I was a reluctant convert to FB but without it we would likely never have met. We had a great time talking for a couple hours and discovered that we are related and both included in the Bidwell genealogy Book. It’s great to connect with “new” family members!

continuing daily pics shot with my snap shot camera

after the storm

I’ve done this trip dozens of times in the last 2 1/2 years taking Brian back & forth to school…on his return after Christmas break I rode shotgun and using my snapshot Canon G11 documented the ride out the window…

and back home in West Hartford…..roundtrip 5 hours