Whither and Yon

Delusions

2017-01-05T06:00:00.000-06:00

Ahhh... The optimistic refrigerator of January, full of already-chopped vegetables and healthy leftovers, ready to create all sorts of responsible meals. So different from the dissipated refrigerator of December I finally cleaned out.

Cool kids

2017-01-04T06:00:00.000-06:00

We ride at dawn! (Or possibly after naptime...)

Friends

2017-01-03T06:00:00.000-06:00

These two live thousands of miles apart, but they got to meet up today and share their love of doggies and blueberries.

View

2017-01-02T06:00:00.000-06:00

A year and a half after moving to our house, the view out the kitchen window is still one of my very favorite things.

New every morning

2017-01-01T06:00:00.000-06:00

My total lack of perfection in, well, many of the things I'm trying to do right now is one reason my word for 2017 is grace.

We may be disorganized around here, but we're looking forward to 2017.

Letters

2016-09-07T13:02:00.000-05:00

Hiking partner

2016-09-04T06:00:00.000-05:00

For some reason, a bunch of people stopped to say hi to my hiking buddy when we stopped for a water and play break.

Trail

2016-09-03T19:32:00.000-05:00

The weather today was only in the eighties. I celebrated by going hiking at Cedar Ridge along with everyone else who lives in the metroplex.

Interaction

2016-09-02T19:23:00.001-05:00

Evelyn discusses the aquatic creatures with a friend on our trip to the aquarium.

Cicadas

2016-08-30T20:02:00.000-05:00

It's an intense cicada year. Not only are they enthusiastically loud in the evening, but their shed exoskeletons are everywhere.

Helper

2016-08-28T21:07:00.001-05:00

Evelyn is now at the age where she's much happier if she can help out while I'm working in the kitchen. Sponging off the counter is worth whole minutes of entertainment.

Perch

2016-08-27T22:44:00.002-05:00

My daughter, the girl who sits in things.

Appliances

2016-08-26T09:50:00.000-05:00

One of these appliances is not like the other.

Procrastination

2016-08-25T06:00:00.000-05:00

My newest art installation, entitled The Perks of Not Mowing the Backyard for a Month.

Rain

2016-08-24T06:00:00.000-05:00

Evelyn enjoyed the thundery rainstorms we had a few days ago.

Picnic

2016-08-23T21:12:00.000-05:00

Evelyn and I had an impromptu lunch picnic in a plaza in Southlake while running errands. She was remarkably coordinated with her blue shirt, skirt, and blueberries.

Loving potato

2016-08-21T06:00:00.000-05:00

I love both how happy Evelyn is looking at Ben in this picture and also how much at one month old she resembled an adorably lumpy potato.

Surreal

2016-08-20T23:46:00.000-05:00

It doesn't feel like it's been a whole year since Evelyn and I were just hanging out in bed together taking lots of naps all day.

Celebration

2016-08-19T10:55:00.000-05:00

Just a birthday girl and her dog.

Dignified

2016-08-18T22:28:00.000-05:00

Habibti really appreciated how dignified Evelyn's birthday party was.

Advanced

2016-08-17T19:32:00.001-05:00

Evelyn thinks that swim class is pretty awesome.

Evelyn moved up to the level two swim class today. Apparently, that entails a certificate, even at the tender age of one. What a gifted child. =D

Dated

2016-08-16T09:39:00.000-05:00

Ben was looking for a family photo to put on his teacher website yesterday. This is the most recent picture of the three of us that I could find. Evelyn is three months old here. Perhaps it's time to take a new picture of us!

Elusive

2016-08-15T06:00:00.000-05:00

For some reason, this lizard at Walnut Canyon was unimpressed by my invitations to come out and pose for better pictures.

Past

2016-08-14T06:00:00.000-05:00

In addition to gorgeous nature, Walnut Canyon also had a number of Anasazi ruins built into the cliffs.

Sunset Crater

2016-08-13T06:00:00.000-05:00

On our last day in Flagstaff, we went for a hike at Sunset Crater. I was not expecting a post-volcanic wasteland to be so beautiful.