Photo: A special anniversary moment

Gerrit and Angela shared this wonderful photo on their fifth wedding anniversary this week. Gerrit captioned it "How many years, Nolan?"

Yes, Nolan's parents have been married for five years. Gerrit added: "Wow, life changes fast!"

Photo by Lindsey Rae Photography. More here.

The good ship Loridan sails again

A happy development this summer: Loridan is back in the water, stationed at Kathy's dock in Mill Creek.

This week, Dan and Brien spent a quick two days in Noyac and joined Kathy for a sail in the bay. The wind was brisk and boat zipped along.

The venerable vessel does need work: many of the fixtures are showing their age. During this trip, one of the mast stays came loose, adding a bit of adventure!

The Cape Dory Typhoon is, of course, named for Lorraine and Daniel, who bought it some 46 years ago. It has provided many hours of sailing pleasure over the years!

It's marching band season for Stephanie

Cathy writes: It's that time of year!"

Darby Marching Band is finishing up band camp, as school begins Aug. 17.

The students were at "away camp" the first week of August, and we held our annual Ice Cream Social to welcome them home. This is when they get to perform a portion of their show for the first time.

This year's show is called "High Strung." Here are two videos showing the beginnings of Segments 1 and 2. (Click the links below to watch.) Enjoy this preview. More to come as the season progresses!

Watch segment 1. The opening of the show will have the band members on the ground in circles, with a color guard member in the middle of each circle. Stephanie is in the circle on the front left hand side of the field. She's in the front near the 45 yard line. All the clarinets are wearing blue shirts. When they turn to face the back, her shirt has the #79 on it.

Watch segment 2. Stephanie is in the same area, then at the end she moves toward the very front left of the pit -- because she is part of a clarinet trio that will perform at that point. You can be sure I'll have pictures and video of that!