After years of discussion, we design and build an addition to our house, beginning in the summer of 2004. Here, I apply construction adhesive to floor joists.

Finishing up the addition in 2005, I prepare scaffolding for the installation of an exterior stair to the roof deck.

We all drive out to Newark Valley to watch Jennie in a soccer tournament, summer 2005.

I take a moment from eating lunch at Ling Ling restaurant in Ithaca to take this photo, Oct. 2006.

Holding the camera at arm's length, I take this self-portrait at Coney Island on the day of the Mermaid Parade, summer 2007. The same ferris wheel can be seen more than 50 years earlier on the first page.

We decide to rebuild our battered driveway; here I am standing on stabilization fabric, summer 2007.