treat

"my costume is so awesome because you made it.  people can tell how much you love me."

treat

trick-or-treating with friends - both hers and mine.

low

 val

holly

low

beer. baseball. cheese.

low

from the library:  american curl cats and ramona quimby, age 8.  my all time favorite combination of books she brought home was the history of elevators and what it feels like to be adopted.

low

the end of the day.

low

on my commute home, i was approached three times by strangers.  one asked me a question about paul simon; the second asked if i liked his hat; the third complimented my skirt.

low

sidewalk camera: converse with cat.

low

i didn't beat the good light home.

low

we get some good chalk art in my neighborhood.  it often pays to look down.

low

i can't believe i am the mother of an 8 year old.  low is definitely not how i'm feeling today....

favorite

 val

 holly

favorite

this red bowl was a gift of sorts from a favorite person and has become the receptacle for many of my current favorites.

favorite

happy news.  sad news.  news that made me pause.  this week has been overwhelming on the emotional front.  and i just remembered that monday is the birthday of not one, but TWO of my favorite people in the world.

favorite

this is Lulu.  She is my favorite chicken.  I used to think she was a bit dim, but I think I was wrong.  She is a bit of a loner and is always the last one in because she just loves to run around. and jump up on things. and eat grapes.

favorite

one of my favorite quotes:  "Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck." :: Dalai Lama XIV 

favorite

although I have become quite partial to spring in recent years, fall is still my favorite season.

favorite

one of my favorite things about the waning light in the evenings this time of year is the appearance of twinkle lights.

favorite

it's quite impossible for me to truly state that pears are my favorite fruit, but their season (here) seems so fleeting and they do photography especially well.

favorite

"mama, what's your favorite color after blue?"  "white."

vibrant

val

holly

vibrant

this is Mimi. she is hysterical.

vibrant

i love seeing the evening sun after a drizzly rainy day.

vibrant

hanging with the chickens in the orchard & enjoying the autumn light.

vibrant

paula always asks me what the current word is.  she is one of the most fabulously vibrant people i know.

vibrant

a sneak peak from the recent rains.

vibrant

my child is well aware that she was born in cardinal nation.

vibrant

a bright spot in an otherwise gray day.

vibrant

thank you, colemans, for the left over pork chop.  and the introduction to harissa.

weekend

there's nothing quite like the scent and sound of the pacific.

 four years was too long to go without a visit.

weekend

deep breath.

weekend

i think the fact that holly and i sometimes resemble each other transcends the fact that we struggle with what to call our relationship.

weekend

walking along the beach with no particular agenda is one of my favorite things to do.

weekend

we watched st. elmo's fire on vhs on saturday night; and hiked along the coast on sunday morning.

weekend

Happy Birthday, Val!

weekend

i've always thought of holly as my older sister. appropriately, the name of this song is "oh sister."

weekend

I spent a lovely weekend with my co-blogess, Val. We had not seen each other in over 4 year.  We came across this on a walk we went on together and I have enjoyed imagining the young Dylan enthusiast and graffiti artist.

weekend

i spent a lovely weekend in california, where i had a difficult time wrapping my midwestern mind around all of the edible things that just grow and ripen on trees all over the place.