Nearly two months later and we’re getting some real production. Although the seeds we planted didn’t all come to fruition. In fact, only three of the pea plants are really amounting to much from the two rows we allotted. And the lettuce and spinach? The bunnies, adorable little critters with […]
Ever so belated
Last Wednesday was our anniversary. Nine years and we haven’t strangled each other! I was recovering from my three-day volunteer stint for Festival and feeling in a non-camera mood last week, so I’ve been lax on the updates. I did, however, recruit a shorter member of our family to snap […]
OK…just a couple more
She’s so darn adorable. I took dozens of photos, of course. So I had to share two more. It doesn’t hurt that Fiona’s house has a big, beautiful window in the living room. I’d kill for that kind of light in my house!
We made a new friend
Isn’t she sweet? And so, so tiny. As of the photo, she hadn’t been christened. I’ve since discovered that Dev’s buddy decided on the name Aglet. That would be the name of the little plastic thing on the end of your shoelace. Creative, eh? Dev was so gentle with her. […]
The boy and the sun flare
A shift in his sleep patterns is coinciding with these lovely, summer-ish evenings. So he’s been able to stay up a couple of nights during this holiday weekend, one to catch fireflies* and another to enjoy ice cream on the deck. The best part is that he seems to have […]
Smitten with the kitten
Of the three pets, Lucy’s the one who really lets Devin get up close and personal. Juliette is friendly enough, yes. But she’s not really into a kid hanging all over her. She’ll politely remove herself from the fracas and find a more comfortable spot. Maggie doesn’t even let him […]
Smile for the camera, Juliette!
Juliette is kind of needy. In the emotional way. She can’t stand it when we’re outside and she’s not. My husband thinks I’m totally nuts, but I’ve started putting her out on the lead in the front yard when we play out there. Otherwise you can hear her whining and […]
My favorite time
If I could extend a specific time of day, I would make spring and summer evenings longer. The time between 5:00 p.m. and bedtime. That’s when the lovely things seem to happen. Tonight it was playing baseball in the road with my husband and kid. With some encouragement and coaching, […]
I need an ergonomist
Three hours in a car. An hour or so of walking. Four hours of sitting in a chair. An hour standing in a bar, trying to avoid being in the way of the waitstaff. Two hours in a restaurant booth. Certainly not eight full hours of sleep, even in a […]
Hello, neighbors!
He asked me to write something. I chose “hello.” He took my greeting and ran with it, turning it into a neighborhood hug. As I snapped this pic, he was asking me, “How does it look?” I love him.
Let me out!
Seriously. I think that’s what this chameleon wanted to say. His eyes followed us as we approached and were peering at him. Then Devin put his finger up against the glass and the critter lifted his front legs off of the branch and seemed to turn them beseechingly toward us. […]