Not Giving Up

I can't believe it- but my little potted garden is still inching along.

I'm still pulling a bowl or two of tomatoes and a handful of green beans off my plants a week...

I spotted some new blossoms!

And my old dead plants have brand new shoots!

And the seeds that Jaws and I planted in late August are substantial plants!

Watch Out- Here He Comes!

This kid is taller every time I look at him. I thought I better document the last few moments where Abz and I still beat him out for height. Our time is waning...

Conference Weekend Projects

We like to get it done! Especially when it comes to conference. Sometimes a good project helps you keep your butt in the chair and your eyes (and hopefully your ears) open.

Here is a sampling of our work.

Tadpoles's sketches...

Tadpole and Little Chief in their model building studio...

A Saturday afternoon snack...

A Halloween costume sewing project for Superkid and Abizella

Superkid's completed Mist Born cloak...

Hair braiding for me- and swapping everyone's summer wardrobes for winter wear

Somehow I didn't document the sweet rolls and Bertucci's pizza. But it wouldn't be conference without them!

Season Closer

I'm always hoping for an extended bike season- but just in case, I took my favorite ride this morning. It is simply spectacular. It passes through a state park (Wompatuck), a cranberry bog, charming neighborhoods, an estuary, 2 light houses and miles and miles of rocky and sandy shoreline. The whole bike ride is 35 miles and I only go through 2 traffic lights. It absolutely cannot be beat. This route will forever be my happy place.

 

$2 Richer

This front tooth wiggler has been driving Jaws nuts.

He does love to creep people out by having his single tooth rest outside his lip, though.

But he just couldn't let it go so he twisted tugged and pulled at it in vain before he went to bed. He decided a quick knock on his bunk bed rail would do the trick and to his disgust, he was right.

A bloody tooth emerged!

Then a couple of days later the bottom tooth just slipped out.

This kid is $2 richer this week!

Thank-you Tooth Fairy!

Solo Memorial Day Ride

It was one of those classic New England mornings- foggy, misty and cool along a rocky coast. I ate it up.

It is sad not to have the gang together, but I am quite enjoying not being a slave to a schedule or a route, even though I pretty much have the same schedule and route.

And I did bump into the Beitlers who enjoy the same stomping grounds.

A Perfectly Civil Way to Spend a Sunday

Yo-yo Ma and art. 

Being a highly cultured family, we seized the opportunity to listen to Yo-ya Ma play his 6 Bach cello suites live while we quietly sat and sketched.

I don't know what was more incredible, the fact that Yo-yo Ma didn't stop playing for 2 hours and 2 minutes and never looked at a single note or that my Toads cheerfully and peacefully created art the entire time.

And I finished my basket for the Curtis' family.

Yo-yo Ma's music is so relaxing and calming. I love it all, I'm now a super-fan.