4 Days in Newport
Posted by Mike on October 14th, 2009 in Kai & Eidan: 2009, Trips to Newport, RI
 Kai on the wave statue on Thames St
Kai on the wave statue on Thames St12-Oct-2009 05:21, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 100
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 Eidan with his zoob creations
Eidan with his zoob creations13-Oct-2009 03:06, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 100
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 Produce at my brother John’s farm
Produce at my brother John’s farm14-Oct-2009 01:28, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.01 sec, ISO 100
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 My grandfather Steven Toppa – as always with a cigarette, a Narragansett beer, and a machine
My grandfather Steven Toppa – as always with a cigarette, a Narragansett beer, and a machine
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If you’ve been following my Tweets so far this week, you’ve already seen several of these pictures.
My uncle Gene (husband of my father’s sister Pat) passed away the week before we arrived, so we visited with Pat and her family. Other than that, it was another whirlwind tour seeing as much of my family as possible in a short time. And they put me to work: I fixed up my mom’s dryer, my sister’s DVD player, showed my step-mother how to burn CDs, and advised my step-father on home broadband options. In return we got several wonderful meals, and the boys got lots of love (and of course, some small presents). I especially enjoyed visiting my brother John’s organic farm (he’s leasing land in Cranston). If he’s still there in a few years, we’ll send Kai out to work on the farm for part of the summer. (I had my first summer job when I was 13, doing demolition work with my friend Aaron – it’s a good age to establish a work ethic).
I had fun using Twitpic to post pictures each day. Twitpic is handy when traveling – it’s more flexible than Picasa (which is what I mainly use), since Picasa only lets you synchronize your web albums on a single computer. I’m going to look into adding Twitpic and Flickr support to my Shashin plugin.
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My sister Nicole and niece Taylor12-Oct-2009 03:26, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.013 sec, ISO 100
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The trouble with kids and guns is, after they tell you to put your hands up…12-Oct-2009 04:11, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.006 sec, ISO 100
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…they shoot you (Eidan and his cousin Robbie)12-Oct-2009 04:12, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.008 sec, ISO 100
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Kai and Eidan with their uncle Paul12-Oct-2009 09:22, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 100
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Beware the awesome power of zoobs13-Oct-2009 03:13, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 320
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It’s against the law to visit Newport and not take a picture of the harbor13-Oct-2009 04:05, SONY DSC-W55, 5.2, 18.9mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 100
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Lobster tanks at the Aquidneck Lobster Co13-Oct-2009 04:08, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 1000
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And the lobsters13-Oct-2009 04:07, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 1000
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Eidan and my dad on the stone slide at Murphy Field13-Oct-2009 06:09, SONY DSC-W55, 9.0, 9.4mm, 0.013 sec, ISO 100
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John’s arugala14-Oct-2009 01:30, SONY DSC-W55, 2.8, 6.3mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 100
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A pretty good Tow Mater at a farm near my brother’s farm14-Oct-2009 02:55, SONY DSC-W55, 7.1, 6.3mm, 0.01 sec, ISO 100
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My father (on the left) when he was younger, with his brother Paul and his father Steven
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Kai on the wave statue on Thames St
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