Advanced Civilization

Today we were at our friends' home from 10am to 8pm playing a board game. I'm totally wiped out. I did not realize that: playing for 10 hours - lunch, snack, and dinner + watching Roo navigate 4 other kiddos for 10 hours without her nap = a serious strain on my concentration, endurance, and equanimity. Roo however, took the day like a champ. Such a trooper. Whew.

Here's an old picture, that I never got to post.

Earthy

Leaves and shadows,

and another big knitting project finished.

I've had this yarn in skeins for 10 years, and finally Todd will put it to daily use.

Pals

Roo spent a good hour running loops around the back deck yesterday in the sunshine, screaming happily, Ty pirouetting along the railing above her. Then for a brief moment they both settled down to scan the ravine (squirrels? birds? cookies?) before returning to more vigorous activities.

I think we're all looking forward to spring.

Sailing Away

Today, sunny and 50 degrees. Tomorrow, an ice storm, then a dusting of snow.

Infant Roo never slept well in the cradle, and oh! we tried, but now she loves to climb in and rock herself. I suggested that it was a boat a while back, and she immediately took to the idea; this afternoon she went for a row with her lamb, library books, and a tool kit (just in case?).

Then we played out on the back deck, but those pictures are coming tomorrow, when I am sure I will need a reminder of the sun!

Birds

On our walk today Roo and I saw a red-winged blackbird high in a tree, singing out over his territory. Later, when I was downstairs feeding the cats, I peered out the window and a robin flew out from the nest tucked up underneath the deck. Is it almost spring?

The afternoon sunshine is sticking around for longer. And we're a week and a half away from daylight savings time again.

Lazy

The photos I took today are still in the camera. And the camera is all the way across the room. So here's one that I took a few days ago and didn't get to post because of yellow week.

Ty and the lacy leaf shadows.

Right now I am eating a dish of mint chocolate chip ice cream. I just put Roo to bed, and now I am going to go knit. Good night!

Remembering Laughter

Roo's in the bath, I just finished knitting up her legwarmies, and Todd is downstairs hammering.

We had a fun evening yesterday playing Empire Builder and eating spaghetti and Welsh cakes.

Yellow #5

Since this is the last day of Yellow Week, I looked really hard today to see if I was missing anything. Here's what I found.

This is detail from my favorite of the colored pencil drawings I did before I became pregnant with Roo. This is the last drawing I did before my two-year sabbatical from art. I love the boat.

Yes, I'm drawing again now.

The craft of quilting fascinates me, so I decided to make Roo a crib/lap quilt. I've got my layers basted and ready to go, and I'm going to be hand quilting everything together over the next few months, learning as I go. Wish me luck!

Yellow #4

We really don't seem to have a ton of yellow around here. Maybe I need to address this deficiency.

This is Todd's mancala set. Roo likes it because it is (also) a fish.

I like it because it is cool.

Yellow #3

Is Roo sending me subliminal messages?

Yellow #2

(Roo and) I had a friend over today for the first time, for tea and knitting.

We had fresh teisen lap with our tea.

I'm introducing her to Ravelry, so now she's on the wait-list. Also, on Ravelry this past weekend I was found by my first in-real-life 'friend.'

Yellow #1

house on hill road is hosting a yellow week. Again, I'm unofficially playing along.

I thought I'd start off with some of my art, since I rarely post any on here. This is detail from one of a set of three mixed-media abstracts I did two years ago. They hang in the dining room, so I get to see them at every meal; good thing I like them. They are my first, last, and only foray into abstract art.

So far.

(That's a logarithmic spiral, specifically a Fibonacci spiral, mirrored, in blue. I do nerd art.)

::love::

Happy Valentine's Day!

Roo made valentines on Friday morning, with just the teeniest bit of help. She did the stickers and the coloring, I held the paper steady.

Today we all went on a road trip, had lunch at Exotic Thai, and then spent the afternoon at the Putnam Museum, which Roo loved. Possum skull! Snake skeleton! Taxidermy displays of bison, cheetah, and more! Yes!

What a fun way to celebrate with my two sweethearts!

The 13th

This morning, after making valentines, Roo and I went to the art museum downtown. She looked at the downstairs exhibit with interest, and then poked around while I looked in the galleries upstairs.

I finished these a little bit ago, and wore them during our brief warm-spell. Tonight it's snowing again, just a few inches, but I'm glad the ground is white again.