After growing my beard out in November and December, I decided to take it all off for only the second time in my life. But do it with a flare for the dramatic.

This winter was probably the craziest in memory since we moved to NH. All I remember is storm after storm, sometimes 3 in a week. But we just focused on our snowshoeing and utter enjoyed every minute of the winter

A fantastic trip to the Von Trapp Family Lodge in Vermont. Also with the Raymonds and Meulenbroeks we had a great time snowshoeing and cross country skiing, something I haven't done since high school!

From Tokyo to Kobe to Kyoto to Nagano to Matsushima to Tashirojima and back to Tokyo, we didn't waste a minute of our two weeks in Japan.

Our final birthday together with Toonces. As her and Franca got to celebrate before we were forced to give her the relief she finally needed. Her personality and curiousity will always be missed.

2015 marked the 50th anniversary for Franca's parents, Giuseppe and Giuseppina Linzi. Interspersed here are scans of old photos and shots from the event itself.

After years of Catechism, Caleb's big day arrived for his First Communion. I was happy and honour to be his photographer for the days.

This year I got to shoot fireworks in Portsmouth and Dover. Great test of the camera and photographers prowess.

It had been eight years since our first trip to Iceland. Even though we broke our rule of never visiting the same place twice, this time was extra special since we went as a group and Pedro/Ana, Steve/Beth and had a great time.

Ciaran bought a new 70D the same week that I bought my new 6D. We couldn't resist going for walked during both golden hours on that day.

Mushroom foraging lessons with the Seacoast Land Trust. They really did their job well because now all I can think of are wild mushroom.

A full eclipse of the moon (by the earth). I've seen this only one other time, when I was in elementary school almost thirty years ago.

A work trip brought me back to Portland and as always it doesn't disappoint.

We finally got to make it to Apply Harvest Day this year after being absent for a few through no fault of our own!

Unfortunately we missed Emily's performance, but we did get to frolic with a couple of horses in their paddock.

We adopted our new kitten in October and Franca came up with his name: Eddie. So far he's been a terrorizer of the other two (wimpy) cats.

Lance and Joelle were gracious enough to invite us all over for a pre-Thanksgiving feast of epic proportions.