Mark and Lynn's Web Pages

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About These Pages

This is a collection of family photos, short stories, and kids poetry, and stuff.

• A few Stories and videos

  Here are a few short stories and videos from when the boys were young.

  
• Vignettes - short stories Short stories about Charles and Zachary when they were young.
• Some old videos Movies of when the kids were little.
• Vacation August 2015
• A couple random shots of Charles playing soccer

• A Little Poetry

  Some Diamantes From Charles. Charles has been writing poetry in the form diamantes. Here is one. Others may be found here (Your browser must support HTML 5 Canvas to see these).

  • Icecream
    
    icecream
    cold freezing
    slipping sliding hiding
    freezing me to death
    falling hiding slipping
    freezing scared
    italianice

  The Spiral Generator

  A little application that generates spirals with straight line segments.

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Photo Albums and Slide Shows

These photo albums, built with Picasa, can be viewed as simple web pages or as a slideshow.

• Bar-Mitzvah - Charles and Zachary and Friends Charles and Zachary and friends at the party.
• Bar-Mitzvah - Family Family members at the party.
• Bar-Mitzvah - Our Friends and Family Friends Our friends and friends of the family at the party.
• Bar-Mitzvah - Introductions, Hora, and Motzi Party introduction, Hora, and Motzi.
• Belize Vacation 2016 Spring break 2016 vacation photos
• Bar Mitzvah Portraits Family portraits taken at Black Rock Regional Park
• A Little Soccer
  • White Lightning vs Tigers 12 Nov 2011 The last regular season game. White Lightning scored the first goal, but by the end of the half they were behind 5-1. They came out on fire for the second half and quickly tied the game. By the end they won 6-5.
  • 2011-5-22 Liu vs Forman Soccer Forman (Sharks) and Liu Soccer Teams slugged it out in two impressive games. Both teams played hard and well. Great soccer today.
  • Charle's Soccer Team 06 Nov 2010 This is the last Soccer game of the season. Team Epstein.
• Family Visits and Events
  • 2011-5-22 Liu vs Forman Soccer Forman (Sharks) and Liu Soccer Teams slugged it out in two impressive games. Both teams played hard and well. Great soccer today.
  • Charle's Soccer Team 06 Nov 2010 This is the last Soccer game of the season. Team Epstein.
  • The Leap Zachary takes a flying leap into the leaf pile. I only got one take...
  • Charles and Zachary's 7th Birthday Party For their 7th birthday, Charles and Zachary had a dozen friends play Laser Tag at Shadowland.
  • Laura and Graham's Wedding On Sunday 11 October, 2009 Laura Lynnette Morton and Graham Westley Osborne were wed in a beautiful ceremony Malverne PA.
  • Philip Vesuvio's 60th In June Lisa threw a surprise birthday party for Phil. It was a great big family event.
  • Building with Legos and Playing with Tara and Mike The boys build with the new legos and trains. And Mike and Tara visit and play Paper, Scissors, Rock.
  • A Visit to Lisa and Phil's over Christmas 2007 Over Christmas break we went to NJ. We visited Lisa and Phil and the Vesuvio family on Christmas day.
  • A visit to Wendy's over Christmas 2007 We spent the day before Christmas with Wendy, Momma, Hannah, and Joy. We went to Kid's Junction for a bit and Lisa and Phil came for dinner.
  • Visit to Tara and Mike's We went to see Tara and Mike in the new house in Brunswick in November. We visited the train museum and the train station and rail yard. Then we came back to the house and played with Zoey and Rooney.
  • Visit to Thomas the Tank Engine 2007 In September we went to see and ride Thomas the Tank Engine at the Strasburg Railroad.
  • That Wild Party A quick selection of photos from Charles and Zachary's fifth birthday party.
• Vacation and Travel
  • Sebago Lake Vacation 2011 Vacation on Sebago Lake with Wendy and Momma, Hannah and Joy, Mike, Tara, and Will.
  • Mount Cutler Trail On the suggestion of a Starbucks barrista, we took a hike up Mount Cutler Trail. It was an easy climb with near spectacular view.
  • Garden of the Gods A walk through Garden of the Gods near Colorado Springs.
  • Vacation 2008 We spent a week in August on the Outer Banks with Wendy and Momma and the kids. Lisa and her extended family were all in another house close by. The 13th was in the middle of the week and we had a small birthday celebration for the boys.
  • Avalon Vacation 2007 More Pictures from Avalon Vacation 2007 as a slide show.
  • Surfer Dude Charles dancing with the ocean on vacation at Avalon 2007
• Synchronized Skating Competitions
  • DC Edge - Masters Team Takes Second Place at 2009 Nationals. For the team and for hardcore synchro fans, the complete program.
  • DC Edge - Masters Team 2009 Medal Ceremony Some pictures from 2009 Warmups and from the Medal Ceremony.
  • Pentagon Team Skates at 2008 Nationals. For the team and for hardcore synchro fans, here is a complete set of 227 shots of the program.
  • Ice Force One Takes Fourth at 2008 Nationals. For the team and for hardcore synchro fans, here is a complete set of 258 shots of the program.
  • 2008 Nationals Medal Ceremony Ice Force One Medal Ceremony at 2008 Nationals.
  • Ice Force One Wins 2008 Eastern Sectionals. This is a complete sequence of some 120 shots. Some are pretty fuzzy, but this gives you a pretty good sense of the full program.
• Snow Storms of 2009 to 2010
  • Historic Snow Storm of February 2010 On Friday, 5 Feb 2010, we were hit with the beginning of one of the biggest snow storms to ever hit the DC area. We had 24 inches in Potomac. Reports were as high as 40 inches out in Hagerstown. We lost power for 30 hours starting early Saturday morning. We were plowed out Saturday night by a front end loader due to a medical emergency in the neighborhood. Then Tuesday night, a second storm hit, adding 50mph wind gusts and another 10 or 12 inches of snow.
  • Snow Storm of December 2009 The snow storm that hit the DC area December 2009.
• A collection of family photos from the nineteen forties and fifties. Updated 23 July 2007. These are scans of old black and white negatives from the late nineteen forties and the nineteen fifties. I am working on adding more and working with mom to fill in some detail. Please let me know if you have more information...
  
  
  • Mom, and me fishing
    
  • Osbornes, Milius, Williams families
    
  • Christmas 1950
    
  • At Nana and Pop-pops
    
  • Williams
    
  • Jacobs
    
  • Lisa, Wendy, Kevin, Williamses
    
  • Who are mom's friends?
    
  • Dad in service - who are the others?
    
  • A storm? Who is the little girl?
    
  • What can I say? He went fishing and took his camera!
    
  • A trip somewhere and a trip to the zoo
    
  • Some beach shots and Uncle Jack fishing???
    
  • At the lake with Aunt Mim and Uncle Bud
    
• Photos from 2005 and 2006
  • Time to Shave
    Zachary and Charles like to shave in the morning to keep their skin smooth. Zachary shaves his face. Charles shaves his chest.
  • Visit to the B & O Railroad Museum
    Yes, I still get excited about a GG1
  • Playing with Thomas
    Charles plays with the Thomas trains all the time. He builds extensive layouts and runs long trains.
  • Della Rovere
    Lynn was invited to visit Italian furniture manufacturer Della Rovere and I got to tag along.
  • Gubbio
    While in Italy, I had to visit Gubbio and the K-T boundary layer in Bottaccione Gorge. This is where the first evidence that an impact event killed off the dinosaurs emerged.
  • Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
    When the boys were three, we visited Western Maryland Scenic Railroad with Tara and Mike. We road a diesel and a steam train.
  • Halloween 2005
    At three, the boys finally get Halloween
  • Chincoteague Vacation 2005
    Summer of 2005 we spent a week at Chincoteague with Wendy's crew


• The Old Photo Album. Photo collections from 2001 to 2005. These collections are static HTML built with my own APL application.
  • Photo Albums from 2004 are here.
  • Older(prior to 2004) Photo Albums are here.

  Harvey's Story

  These are recordings of an interview with Harvey Goldfarb about his life experiences for Yad Veshem, the Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem. Also included is an interview with Rae Goldfarb.