On my birthday this year I had some spare time so I decided to make a slideshow of photos and videos from all the years past. Well, all the years that show up on my Amazon Photos ‘Look Back at This Day” section, that is. So basically from 2006-2020 with a few years left out or represented by a single cupcake photo. I added in a few snapchat videos over the years to spice it up a little bit too, and I was so excited to post it up on my birthday. My video software had other ideas, however. I…
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Finally managed to take a proper video of the kids in 4k, and it’s from this past weekend so it’s current too! It’s also not a short video and not in phone format so basically a real youtube-style vlog for once! The weather was nice and warm so we decided to all go outside and explore the woods around our yard. Two years ago we did a lot of work clearing out trails and getting rid of prickers, but of course they have all grown back now! We also had almost completed a trail through our giant patch of reeds…
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While I had some time waiting for Ariana’s Girl Scout Meeting to finish, I decided to go over to the Town Beach and film some of the sights and waves as I walked along the shore. I was so excited because I thought I had a great quality video to upload, but when I got home found out the ‘super steady’ setting downscales the resolution a lot, so the video doesn’t look that great. Now that I know, I might go back another day and film this again, or just try filming some of the other local beaches. You can…
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Welcome to a typical early morning waiting for the school bus to arrive to take Ariana and Alistair to kindergarten and first grade! We get to wait at the end of our driveway for a little while, and today the kids decided to play tick-tac-toe with sticks in the driveway. The November weather is still pretty mild, but cold enough for jackets, and happily today we didn’t have to huddle together for warmth as there was no biting wind. The video also shows a quick look around at the late autumn trees with pretty yellow leaves that are still clinging…
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I just uploaded a new short video to our Lands Beyond Seas Youtube channel for the first time in five years! Its a short video montage of Arthas and Ariana playing outside on a cool but sunny mid-November day. I took a lot of photos but no video, luckily my phone saves motion photos and stuck together they make what I think is a super cute video. The kids enjoyed playing on their tree fort swing set, swinging on all the swings, and running through the yard and the crunch leaves during the early evening. It’s a bit chilly so…
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This year I was determined to find an apple orchard experience that could compare with our old haunts in Massachusetts where we were spoiled for choice with some of the finest orchards in the world – as a matter of fact we lived in the town where Johnny Appleseed himself was born and began his famous career. Happily, on the first try we found ourselves at the beautiful, immaculately manicured, broadly-acred Breeze Hill Farm and had a great day picking apples, visiting farm animals, and enjoying the beautiful weather. The North Fork has tons of farm stands and vineyards, but…
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Introducing the Walnut Kids! I have created another short video montage from my Samsung Fold 3 phone motion photos – which now include sound! My new phone takes actual video snippets instead of just silent moving pictures, which makes it perfect for Youtube’s ‘video shorts’ format. If you watch on your phone you can expand these vertical videos to fill up your whole screen. In this episode: hanging out with all four kids and playing in the yard and on the tree fort swing set on a warm autumn day and collecting walnuts from our very old black walnut trees.…
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Welcome to a video montage of our old-fashioned driveway on a sunny early autumn afternoon! Have a look around at the view from the road and the beautiful old trees and natural scenery on rural Long Island, New York. Light midday traffic noises accompany a soft breeze through tree branches and birdsong. I hope you enjoyed this little peek of our life at Howell Home, this was a beautiful afternoon that I had some time to spare while waiting for the kids to come home on the bus. It still feels like summer time in September down here, and everything…
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Come enjoy an evening at our 300 year old historic home where our family has been living for six generations. We will make a simple dinner, look outside at the wildlife and hang out with our two Siamese cats, Hanzo and Ahsoka. After dinner we will have a relaxing walk in the garden enjoying the sunlight sparkling through the trees in late summer. After that, we will come inside to give the cats their favorite treat – fresh grown catnip! I hope you enjoy your mid-August evening with us and if you would like to come again, please subscribe to…
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Flying around Moosehead Lake in the remote northern part of Maine during a beautiful summer afternoon and evening, seeing the various little islands and the connected Indian Head Lake, watch campers out in their canoes from a birds eye view high above, ending with the glorious August sunset from the sky. By night, enjoy the moody moonlight in a starless, cloudy sky as a storm gathers. Thanks for visiting, please like and subscribe on our Youtube Channel for more travels as well as home vlogs!
