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~:: More Fourth ::~
The 4th of July. Independence Day. Barbecues, parades (with horses), fireworks, craft fairs, patriotic villages, friends, games, marching bands, bagpipes, craziness. This year started with G getting up early to run a 10K race. And Chaz and Chelsea and I … Continue reading
~:: Back to the 4th ::~
I’m going to be moving backward in time here. Unevenly, too. Again, this blog is – at its heart – the journal I’m keeping of our lives. So I don’t want to miss things. I just wish I weren’t compelled … Continue reading
Posted in Family, friends, Fun Stuff, Geneva, HappyHappyHappy, holidays, Rachel, Seasons, The g-kids, The kids
Tagged 4th of July, face painting, friends, party, summer
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~::gifts, prizes, surprises and delights ::~
Got a cold. Can’t bweathe. (insert cough here) This puts me even more behind in everything, including reading you, Dawn. And you, Cori. On the couch watching a smarmy movie—not for long, though; it’s really stupid and the synth score … Continue reading
Posted in dogs, Felt stuff, friends, Fun Stuff, Gin, HappyHappyHappy, Horses, Knit Stuff, Pics of Made Things, Rachel, The kids, The outside world
Tagged Bloom, burgler, Cam, Chelsea, chicks, deer, dogs, Donna, flowers, Gin, horses bread chick., knit hat, knitting, moon, robots, sweater, truck, vest, wool, wrinkles
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~:: My Very Large House ::~
I have written about this before, the strange and expanding nature of my very large house. It starts with a cluster of not very large rooms. Like these two, with a boy standing on the seam between them. And like … Continue reading
~:: Easter ::~
I am restless. There are so many things I want to write down. So many shots I want to share. On the Sabbath, I tend to want to write things of a spiritual nature, but today I am so tempted … Continue reading
~:: Milestones 2012 ::~
Last weekend, this person and I jetted down to Santa Fe for a special occasion: the eighth birthday and subsequent baptism of our very first grandchild. I don’t think I ever really saw myself with grandchildren – not till they … Continue reading
~:: Anatomy of a Family Portrait ::~
When you start out as a family, a couple of grown-ups and maybe a baby, the concept of the “family portrait” is a pretty tame thing. You say, “Ready? SMILE!” and everybody does. They look right at the camera and … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Events, Family, Fun Stuff, Gin, HappyHappyHappy, The g-kids, The kids, Visits
Tagged Andy, back yard, Cam, Chaz, Christmas picture, family, Laura, Lorri, Max, Murph, picture, Sand, Scoots
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~:: The Making of a Season ::~
To begin, we have an actual photographic depiction of Rachel, buying The Gardener, right here on my front porch. This is the equivalent of breaking a bottle of bubbly on the bow of a ship. Except dryer. (And here, may … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, dogs, Family, Felt stuff, friends, Fun Stuff, HappyHappyHappy, holidays, Knit Stuff, Pics of Made Things, Rachel, Seasons, The kids
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~:: For Friends We Never Meet ::~
This is a very little story. It happened in 1994. Or it started there. My parents had organized the second of our two family reunions, this one in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, where they had a time share. I have just … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Family, friends, Geneva, HappyHappyHappy, Memories and Ruminations, Rachel, The kids
Tagged bracelets, Genevieve and Curtis, Harveys, Mom, silver, sisters
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~:: Tales of Salmon ::~
They always come swimmin’ right back up the river ~ And this is what we did this weekend. Have children around. Gin came home for a day. She dropped the dentist off to be Slick Rock Bike Guy and came … Continue reading