A gorgeous, magenta peony, and a luscious baby girl: A longer range view of the patio: This lily blooms once a year, a gorgeous pale bloom. Lookin’ good, You. Irises as far as the eye can see. If you want any, come over, we’ll dig you up a bucket. And that is the end of […]
Last night I heard from Dan, asking if I could keep this kid who didn’t feel all that great yesterday. Yeah, sure. As long as he isn’t actively puking or exhibiting some other alarming symptom, that’s fine. He recovered nicely overnight. At one point during the day I saw him outside with the rest of
the soul of? and who is supposedly sick? Read More »
This is a picture of me, taken the day we closed on the cabin, four days before Julia was born. This was a couple weeks later, Julia in my arms, Kari beside. This was taken a few days ago, the grandkids at the lake: The little trio of little sisters: If anyone would have told
These little baby cousins are so sweet. They don’t talk yet, but they take care of baby dolls and ramble around together. They’re got their own communication, and it’s very sweet. This cutie, playing guitar hero after school: And this one was taken outside on Friday. We could re-paint the steps. We seem
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We walked up there today, first sunny, warm day in two weeks. Nothing exceptional to report, just a walk to the park. love, Val
Because they all crowd up closer and closer and closer. It’s fine. Kid never change. love, Val
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This little petunia turned up blooming. Pansies love cool, damp days: So did this ancient old lilac bush. This barbecue grill is slowly returning to the earth. This may be the summer we get a dumpster and knock it down for real and be done with it. When we first moved in, we cooked
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We went to Jay’s parents yesterday, to celebrate his mom’s birthday. It was a stunning day, warm and bright. They played around on this foolish board. Today we went to Heidi and Joe’s for Mother’s Day brunch, and this character was there. Lovely day, and many thanks for all the laughter and good food. Love
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Heidi took this cute picture of Tim and her baby last weekend at the lake. He’s helping her play Fruit Ninja, not sure what that is. The baby seems to know. Later that morning, we asked Tim to please go along with his dad to get the boat from storage. “Go learn how to do
