ode to peter as papa

file under:::papa/ finn activities near or on peter's 30th birthday::::::happy birthday to the honeyest honey!!

a red barn that loves me and you number two

file under:::magic thing:::::i love you red barn, i love you bittersweet autumn, i love you baby obsessed with the dog leash and you dog i love and also i love you, you freaking cloud you!!!!!!!!! (purple laughing thing!) (prune-like forsythian cloud-herd!!) (cloud in dorky sky!)

red barn trail, autumn equinox part 1

file under::season-change celebration of sorts::::::::went walking on this trail with finn and quinn on the autumn equinox;;; we witnessed autumn--with its goldnesses, blues, yellow/browns, and sharp dried edges-- arriving (dried leaves of late corn rustling)

lakes and myths/ some ideas from a drawing i made

file under:: lake ideas:::::::

make decisions to be close to your friends (live by them) meaningful interplay between people, earth water and sky

spectacular eathworks through imposing geometry

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mythic transformations of the face of the earth

what happens to us after we die

hey mountain any questions for lake michigan?

recent doings

file under::festival attended::::::went to the women's music fest to see michelle shocked;finn practiced walking amidst these hula-hoopers, dragging katie around with him; he wore a defiant 'no school, no problem' shirt; i cried for sure when michelle sang "memories of east texas" and "anchorage".

file under:::saying hello to passerbys::::finn on the deluxe patio, a place we love of late

file under:::my baby now (gulp!) looks like a kid doesn't he::::::finn and baby friend adelaide play at the new playground while the mama-poets nearby talk of poetry and teaching and time and sleep--

new bear shirt/ new haircut/ door-love

file under::::mama/finn portrait:::::::::::::::::::here we are, me with a new haircut thanks to my friend katie and finn with a new bear shirt. also perhaps you can spot the photos, all framed, behind me hanging on the wall. i completed this photo-framing project last month for peter and i's 3rd anniversary!!! yes.

file under::::love thing:::::::::here is finn with the door he loves; specifically, the door-knob he loves. also he is wearing a 6-month-old shirt and he is 13 months old!! file under: love thing, again:::::::::finn and his door love from the outside in. also perhaps you might spot in the corner the little chairs and table i found for him for $6 that's right $6 at crowded closet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

file under:: new piece of clothing/ an occasion for a photo shoot::::::new bear shirt new bear shirt (he will be a bear for halloween i do believe!)

art picnic, stress relief (today i do not feel like i'm dying)

file under: stress relief::::::::::::::::after a very very stressful first-2-weeks-of-the-semester i was feeling like i was dying. then yesterday peter suggested we go find a pretty place to have a picnic and draw a family drawing. so now i feel better.

milwaukee plus finn's new kind of smile

joyful egg and cheerios eating mama and finn in infinity

infinity (a place in the milwaukee art museum)

the new smile (or is it a cry) in front of the fountain at Koop's custard

if you look really hard you can see that finn's smile is about to turn into a blood-stopping scream from lack of nap!

small things of august (which is gone)

finn and quinn and their love for the backdoor turtle buddy i made for a loved baby (estelle)

baby places are also always cat places (monster in finn's b-day teepee)

finn and his hair swirl in leaf kitchen

again with the backdoor love