Week 43 ::
I struggle with taking photographs indoors. But I’m practicing…

Week 39 ::
Monet prints were everywhere in the 1980s and early 90s. This great artist’s work saturated our culture and attracted detractors in the process.

I think he’s rad. Here’s my photographic homage.

Week 37 ::
His brother’s skateboard.
But he rides it like it’s his own.

XGames… look out.

Week 35 ::
Spring cleaning the basement leads to lots of chaos.
But we are able to take a moment and smell the roses…
or watch the bouncing ball.

Week 33 ::
We’ve lived in this house for about eight years. Every spring, this one hyacinth pokes its head out of the ground and says hello. Then, it gets broken by big dog paws or picked by little hands or crushed by getting-bigger-all-the-time boy feet. It never gets a chance to bloom properly.

Cross your fingers… 2011 may be it’s year to shine!

Week 31 ::
The collective hope of no more flakes this season is so powerful. When the weather warmed up for a few days a couple weeks ago, it was as if everyone had won a super prize or had gotten lucky.

Stop being a tease, Spring. Let’s get it on.

Week 29 ::
When I don’t plan to run with Scout, my 5-year-old and I take her on a hike before he goes to PM K. Hiking always seems to equal running (for him.)

I sometimes think that I should just run everywhere like he does.

Week 27 ::
I frequently call my husband, Scout’s boyfriend.
Their relationship is full of love, affection and is rarely contentious.

A man and his dog really is a wonder.

Week 24 ::
This was the longest game of Sorry ever…
But it was on our 5th snow day in 3 weeks.
Not a bad way to spend time inside.
Oh, I won, by the way.

Week 20 ::
My husband caught a glimpse of this guy (girl?) out the window and I dashed for our camera. Luckily, instead of flying away with all the commotion, the owl just sat calmly and posed. Thanks Hedwig.

Week 14 ::
I can’t sum up this man in a couple sentences…
But I will say that if the woman is the heart of the home,
he is the soul.

Plus, he’s a photographic HAM.

Week 12 ::
I don’t often get truly surprised when I hike/run on familiar trails. I appreciate being outside and enjoying nature as much as possible and when I see something I’ve never seen before, it is remarkable.

This shock of pink was so pretty, I used my cell phone to capture the image. I wish I had my regular camera, but feel lucky to have captured what I saw that morning. A friend on Flickr likened it to Monet and she is oh so right.

Week 6 ::
I simply love the fall sky. With its vibrant blue and the sun shining in just that autumnal way it has this time of year. And I love this boy, although not so simply all the time, with his eight-year old quirks and wonders. A beautiful day and a beautiful boy.

Week 4 ::
The first day of fall and this is the last Daylily. There is something about the light around this time of year that seems to bring out vibrant colors in a striking way (see tomato in yesterday’s post here.) Maybe it’s engineered that way here in the Northeast, so when those vibrant colors are a memory, you cherish them even more.

Week 2 ::
There won’t be many more days at the beach with this fall twinge in the air. The boys were happy to frolic and soak up the sun though. I think they’ll enjoy every last drop of summer.