"i want to count my monies" he said.

bibliophile in training

that profile

get the little scissors

he's decided to keep the shirt. thank you, hiya!

those feet

little trees

he saw little trees in the shapes of the light on the floor.he's started noticing the shapes of clouds, too.

summer country: corn season

he added shuck to his vocabulary this week.

he's so left-handed he writes from right to left.

asking for rainbows

he likes it when i write out names for him. he writes over them himself and colors in the spaces in the letters. he also asks for rainbows. he has almost all the names for the colors figured out.

in the studio

fold and squish

or how to knead pizza dough if you are two

beautiful day

suit up for team zissou

when he was younger he didn't know.
but now he's figured out for himself the right way to wear the uniform hat.

tufted titmouse sighting

ever since the bear we took the sunflower feeder down. i have missed the birds that came to it. but today we had a tufted titmouse sighting. he landed on the lawn.told a little story.
and then flew away.

heatwave and after

a grand day out

my men

that's the beautiful quilt that great aunt SB sent to him when he was three months old.

SOME LITTLE BLUE a painting installation in the shower

the following clip, taken from documentary footage, shows the young artist in the act of creation.


the earnest young artist explains the theory behind his workand humbly accepts the accolades.

we two

treats with nona...eat em all up!

last saturday, nona introduced chocolate-covered strawberries. i was off giving blood and so papa documented the event.

burrito for mama

strawberry fields forever

sunday was beautiful weather. sunny but not hot, we drove about 15 minutes up the road to pick-your-own strawberries. ah, the joys of living in farm country.
we also bought blueberries, which will be ready for pick-your-own next weekend.