Pictures from the week before graduation:

Amy_and_some friends

Amy in the boxing ring

pre-grad_ceremony_in_church

 

Thursday, May 22

young_at_heart

Amy’s apartment1

Amy’s apartment2

Amy’s apartment3

dinner_on_Thursday

 

Friday, May 23

happy_birthday_Jane1

happy_birthday_Jane2

 

At Lincoln Woods State Park (later the same day):

Amy_and Becca

Amy_Becca_and Jane

Jane

Bob_Becca_and Amy

 

At the graduation dance (outdoors on the green on Friday night):

dressed_for_dinner

dance floor

Amy_dancing_with_Norman

Amy teaching_Jane_to_dance1

Bob_and Jane_dancing1

Bob_and_Jane_dancing2

Amy_and_friends1

Amy_and_friends_2

Amy_and_friends3 (the daughter of the president of Taiwan)

Amy_and_friends4

Amy_and_friends5

 

Saturday, May 24, at Sarah’s (Jane’s sister’s)  house in Foxboro:

croquet_match1

croquet_match2

croquet_match3

tree_swing 1  (the ropes hang from the big tree on the right and are more than 30 feet long)

tree_swing_2 (Becca)

tree_swing 3 (Amy)

tree_swing 4 (Bob)

tree_swing 5 (Dan and Alejandro)

Diego_and_Alejandro1

Diego_and_Alejandro2

Keith_the_grillmeister

Jane and Keith flipping burgers

cheers1

cheers2

congrats_cake

opening_cards

 

Pictures taken by Amy back in Providence on Saturday night:

Waterfire

gargoyle_at_Waterfire

 

Sunday, May 25:  graduation day

grads_lining_up

Amy_and_friends_in_line

procession_toward_gate

grads_approaching_gate

Becca_with_camera_on_wall_above_gate

Amy_and_Norman_approaching_gate

video_of_Amy_at_gate

walking_through_the_gate1

walking_through_the_gate2

passage outward through the gate symbolizes graduation, but no one knows what this word means any more

Amy_beyond_the_gate

commencement_ceremony1

commencement_ceremony2

video_of_band_playing (large file)

Robert_Redford speech1

Robert_Redford speech2

grad_and_dad

Amy_receiving_diploma (at departmental ceremony later in the day)

the_proud_family

Amy_outside_apartment (before dinner)

Amy_and_Becca_outside_apartment

graduation_dinner (with Sarah’s and Norman’s families)

 

Monday, May 26

the_day_after (on the green)

Amy_and_Becca_on_Monday

 

Other pictures from the previous few weeks:

Belly_dance1

Belly_dance2

Belly_dance3

Belly_dance4

Belly_dance5

Belly_dance6

Kratos (Amy’s pet gator)

Georgia_Marine_Institute (alligator study trip)

gator in swamp

gators_in_bondage (for dietary checkup)

gator trying to smile_for the camera

palmetto_duel

Amy_in_Purgatory_Chasm

Amy_and_a feline_friend

 

Trip to Paris after graduation:
Amy at Notre Dame
View from Notre Dame bell tower
Amy posing with Eiffel Tower
Notre Dame gargoyle eats Eiffel Tower
Amy at Montmartre
Saint-Chappelle windows
Amy at Fontainebleau chateau