Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Pansy power 2


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Monday, April 29, 2013

Pansy power 1


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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Rooster portrait


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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Black band


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Friday, April 26, 2013

Off Greene Street

Off Greene Street, Wooster Square, New Haven CT
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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Beneath the blooms

Wooster Square, New Haven, Connecticut
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

On guard


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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Urban


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Monday, April 22, 2013

Dreamer


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Sunday, April 21, 2013

Trio


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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Daffy

Daffodils in Hubbard Park, Meriden, CT
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Friday, April 19, 2013

Groovy paper lamp!

*Love it*
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My new groovy paper lamp!

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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Moon on the Ocean

That's my groovy new paper lamp reflected like the moon in a (totally amazing) painting Emma made of the ocean.
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Below the painting you see a photo of Paul looking out over the Badlands of South Dakota (taken by a boy scout on a trip Paul took them on out west in the mid-1990's and pre-parenthood).

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Stonyhill Farm?

When we came home from the closing on our house back in 1996, we found a basket of house plants on the hearth from the former homeowner that said "Welcome to Shaggyhill, may the next 50 years be as wonderful as the first".  It was such a lovely surprise and the first time we'd heard the property called Shaggyhill.  Over the years, Paul, with the help of various farm animals, has cleared a considerable amount of the shag on the hill.  On the way up from the sheep the other day, I looked up and thought, hmm...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Morning Hay Train

Photos are in reverse of how it actually happened:
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Monday, April 15, 2013

Red Blend


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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Katalina's 3

Oh, yes, lemon bars!  Lemon bars are a childhood favorite of mine.  These beauties contain gluten, but the beautiful and talented Katalina says she'll be making batches of gluten free lemon bars in the near future!
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I'll be keeping a watch on her facebook page to find out when!

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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Katalina's 2

Oh, yeah, baby...macaroons.  Dipped in chocolate.  Hello!  And thank you, Katalina!
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Friday, April 12, 2013

Katalina's

Emma found Katalina's Cupcakes while strolling around New Haven waiting for her bus after school one day.  It was quite a find!  Katalina regularly has gluten free items - YUM!
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We splurged recently, while Paul was away at a conference ;-)
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Stop by the blog tomorrow to see what else we brought home from Katalina's!


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Thursday, April 11, 2013

A FLOWER!!! A FLOWER!!!

Annie carted home this beauty from the playground at school.  SO glad she did so she could share it with us.  She's pressing it in the pages of an old book, but here it is prior to being squished!
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Misty Moisty Morning

Rain drops captured on an early morning walk to the sheep pen.
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

First Dinner on the Deck

Turkey burgers and roasted broccoli - yum!  Annie surprised us by setting the table on the deck and making some homemade lemonade.
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We don't even have the deck furniture out yet.  She set up a card table and dragged out our dining room chairs.  Thanks, Annie!!
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Monday, April 8, 2013

Chin up!

I love the look of happiness and pride on Em's face after catching a flag toss!

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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Lil' Ol' Lump of Snuggly Love


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Saturday, April 6, 2013

Makankosappo


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Friday, April 5, 2013

Annie at Little Pond


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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Sunlight study 26, mama and babies

Emma holding an hours old Annie, mama statue, and sweet Nathan (8/9/01-8/10/01) bathed in the morning sun.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Sunlight study 25

Do you see it?  The difference in the afternoon light from the morning?  Here it is on a turtle painted by Annie, a bunch of old books, and a favorite photo of me from my childhood (taken by my Uncle Don - truly a gifted photographer!!).

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Annie's candles in reflection

Annie's candles are reflected above our field stone fireplace in a ridiculously heavy mirror I lugged home from Goodwill and painted blue, rocks and more rocks (one is shaped in a heart!), a Dr. Suessical sculpture (made by Annie), a stick too good to pass up, a subway style sign my brother gave me for Christmas two years ago, and off in the distance my karate board photo gallery (read about that here: karate board photo gallery) -- all bathed in a gentle, sweet blue hue.  The ceiling fan...well, I'm just ignoring it here, but it gives us great pleasure in the summer!!!

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Monday, April 1, 2013

Candles a la Annie

Annie lit some candles...pretty.  Candle light on my mason jar (yep, always close by!), my mama statue, a photo of 4 yr old Emma holding Annie moments after she was born, a jade statue Emma brought home from China and shells and rocks you've seen before.

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