It was time for the Albemarle concerts again. So, just as we'd done in
2003
and 2002
we headed off to All Saints Church on Friday night to see Ben and others and then him sometimes blocked before they did the grand finale for Friday night.

On Saturday morning, Fred (aka torch these days) showed up for her birthday photos after which Jane got ready and she and Suzanne settled themselves as we saw Ben and then up close and facing otherwise as he got ready for the concert which seems to have amused the Ash's and Jane as I experimented between profile self portrait profile self portrait and angular shots before this gentleman asked if he could sit next to us.

The concert

really moved Suzanne even as Paul Caldwell appeared freshly shorn.

Afterwards there were a few sibling pictures and then Ben got ready to pose with Nate and then the Ash family elders posed Nate and Nate and Ben before taking these pictures of our entire delegation for posterity. After a few good bye shots of Ben Jane and I went to Olive's and took pictures of the owner even as he told us the story of his children.

We were a minute early for wheels up and drove to Connecticut to pay these high prices to get a lot of gas and use the facility where we captured this collection sign even as the waste basket belied the cleanliness. Next stop, was Cambridge, where I did a local parking job on the curb as everyone tried to escape before they noticed the dent in the front fender as we made our way to the hotel and Sarah came to learn Ben's song which Ben and Jane continued to sing in the elevator even as we headed out to dinner at the Border Cafe where a short wait got us this table and Ben was amused as Suzanne read the menu and I took a self portrait before Suzanne dug into her margarita as mine arrived along with enchiladas a burger a salad my main course and Jane's chicken skewers after which we recorded these signs that prepare us for Gregory's wedding.

We next went to Harvard Square where we met the Hagadorns as Kaylen and Jane chatted Ben watched the dancers before we went to the Au Bon Pain bathroom which looked like a prison. Jane and Kaylen were amused as Chris took this picture of me and we headed to the ice cream place where after getting through the line I decided not to have Guiness but rather to have this which while good was not up to the ``world's best rating'' it was given. We next went to Harvard Yard and raced in the dark though occasionally Ben could be seen even as the dark lifted and I emerged for these group shots by the status of John Harvard. This person was too busy to get our picture but these pictures were taken by this gentleman though he missed Ben the first time.

Sunday morning, we paid tribute to Sen Lee and saw the police car at the donut shop where we got and ate breakfast before heading to the fountain at the Science Center and noting that Maxwell Dworkin is almost Ben's pseudonym. After recording the potato famine the ride of Paul Revere and the living quarters of John Winthrop we watched as they painted the man at Leavitt and Pearce and recorded the garbage can before Suzanne took this picture as Ben noted the sign of the Inn and we gathered Sarah's bag for the trip home. We paused en route to lunch to see the glass harmonica which was partly interesting before we went to Fire and Ice for brunch and after eating had this gentleman take our picture even as we promised his group that we would vote for Kerry and send George W Bush back to Crawford, Texas.

Our plan to take a family picture under the knowledge gate was scuttled by a visit to the book store and on our return we just worried about being 2 minutes early for wheels up time as we planned a stop at a similar gas station in Connecticut where we paid high prices and had Jane wash the windows as Sarah got the all important key so that we could make the rest of our journey home.