Picnic Day 2007

It's been a bit rainy and overcast today and it got me thinking about other wet April days. Picnic Day is advertised as the largest collegiate open house in the country. The University opens up to show off to parents and prospective students and to entertain the town. The weather can be variable. Sometimes hot, sometimes chilly and sometimes amazingly perfect. These two pictures are from a year when it was wet and cold and nasty. But everyone was in good spirits, like the bad weather was an amusing challenge.

This boy was walking backwards and talking to me. He was fascinated by the underwater housing I had on my camera. I don't have that camera anymore. My husband lost it long ago. But I still have the plexiglass housing to remind to not spend so much money on another. I didn't use it nearly as much as I thought I would. A plastic bag and tape wouldn't have been as elegant but definitely a lot cheaper.

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