Becky's photoblog

For a few minutes, the sun is at just the right angle that it comes in through the front window and straight down the hall. A wonderful sight to wake up to on my second day of vacation

The house is just about ready for our first time hosting Christmas Eve dinner

My parents hosted several friends on the fifth night of Hanukah. Mmmm mom’s latkes …

We spent the afternoon helping my mom make batch after batch after batch of delicious cookies!

The Old South Ringers is Old South Church’s handbell choir, and the put on an amazing Christmas concert. It’s incredibly beautiful (the music and the setting), and this has become one of my favorite holiday traditions.

A delicious and picturesque lunch with a friend

Painting Mel’s new living room and kitchen!

Lunch, errands and coffee with two adorable little twins, and their awesome parents!

I’m going to be doing a painting of a bride on her wedding day, and her big day finally arrived! I had a wonderful afternoon walking through the North End to Battery Wharf, which happens to be one of my favorite places in Boston (and not just because it has a wonderful view across the harbor to the Hyatt where we were married). The bridal suite at the Fairmont Battery Wharf is literally right at the end of the wharf, and it has some really incredible views. I had the honor of hanging out with the wedding party during some of the formal photos, as well as with my friend, the mother of the bride. We took some really wonderful photos for the painting, and I can’t wait to get started!

After we were done with the photos, I walked back through the North End to head home for a quick change before heading back out again to see Fitz and the Tantrums at the House of Blues! Great show.

The tree outside of my office.

While we were near Dulles for a lovely family occasion, we spent the afternoon at the Udvar-Hazy Center, a companion facility to the National Air & Space Museum. I’ve never been to the actual Air & Space Museum in DC, but this place is absolutely enormous, with a gajillion vehicles that have actually traveled in air and in space and it was absolutely spectacular.

Three highlights: seeing the actual Enola Gay, seeing the actual Discovery Shuttle, and seeing the look on my husband’s face when he saw the SR-71 Blackbird.

We hosted a Fall Feast potluck so we could get a bunch of our friends together and eat delicious food!

Brian picked up some gorgeous flowers for our fall feast! I so love these colors

The Kelleher Rose Garden in the Back Bay Fens on a gorgeous sunny late afternoon.