Some people give their children toys to play with...

We just let Sadie play with toilet paper...



Dad came for a visit last weekend. We realized that he almost managed to slip out without having any pictures taken with Sadie, so we tied them both to a chair for a few minutes for a photo shoot. Note that Sadie appears to be protesting the paparazzi....

Do I HAVE to pose for pictures? I have places to go and things to destroy...


Ok... surely this will be over soon...

This picture would have a Diane Arbus vibe if it were taken in black and white...


Ahhh... here we go... Dad and Sadie Diane Arbus-i-fied...


Ok.. enough... let me down now!


I took Sadie and Obi Wan on a nice hike in the neighborhood on Saturday. We decided to check out our two neighborhood ponds. Occasionally, I'll see a hawk or wood duck or will flush out some deer.

Here is pond #1. We have a neighbor who has purchased the lot across the pond and is building a ten-sided house over there. It's quite an intriguing architectural style. Is ten-sided dodecanal?


Sadie is gripping a pine cone or a big piece of bark here. In about ten seconds, she'll attempt to be Euell Gibbons.
Here's pond #2. This pond was almost emptied by drought, but we've had a good bit of rainfall this year and it's been filling back up again.