Almost August
Sorry, remaining loyal readers, for my absence from blogland! I’ve had some nice travels and projects this summer, and now I’m turning my thoughts back to school prep – far too early this year since we shifted our calendar to finish first semester before winter break! It was great to spend time with Whitney in Chicago, my folks in Virginia, friends and family in the Smoky Mountains, and family in Hanford and Santa Cruz. We even had a surprise visit from Devon when she figured out how to get back to SC after driving down with me for a week in LA (thanks, Danny!). 
The photomontage above is images of Santa Cruz – a lovely little old beach town where Devon has settled in. I’m sure it will be hard to leave when she finishes college this winter! Tomorrow Cathy is coming back from Hanford to spend a few days before her flight back to Richmond – my last hurrah of summer break. Today I hope to finish the “essentials” tutorials on Adobe Illustrator, a design program that has been one of my least used so least familiar. I promised my students I would learn it this summer, as they are often asking me for help which I’m unable to give. Revisit my blog and hopefully I’ll have some new digital images to post!
To see more of my summer travel pix, go to
http://picasaweb.google.com/dk.mercer/SmokyMtn2010_1#
http://picasaweb.google.com/dk.mercer/SmokyMtn2010_cathySPix#
http://picasaweb.google.com/dk.mercer/SmokyMtn2010_3#
http://picasaweb.google.com/dk.mercer/SmokyMtn2010_4#
and
http://picasaweb.google.com/dk.mercer/HanfordAndSantaCruz#
