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Sunday, August 01, 2010

Friday, July 30, 2010

Chris Reilly made this really beautiful sculpture of Hanaman out of
epoxy clay, drift wood, wax, glass beaded paint and I am sure
some other magic I don't know about. He gave
it to us as a trade for shards from broken pots from the studio. I think
I definitely made out in the deal. We love it!

And here are some new lidded cups that I made on July 28, 2010.
between 10:00 and 12:00...thinking of the wonder of creation.

And here's a little bit of Silas because he is sosososososo funny
and really into the Beatles and I wanted to share him!

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Thinking of You...

...Caline, Jono and Natanya...

Sending love and all that is good!

We Love You Bebe!

What a great visit! Thank you for coming and being with us.
All of us were able to spend very special time with you.
Silas would like you to come back on Friday and Emmett will be happy
to Trump you in Monopoly again and again! ;)
See you soon at the flower house!

Summer Shows!

Mac spent the last two weeks at junior theatre camp where they did a fun, shorter production of Grease...Mac was "Frenchie" where she had good opportunity to show off her NY accent, like Aunt Rose, though I didn't get any good video of that, doll.
And Silas' preschool performed a wonderful play from the African story "Abyoyo"...Silas' very first show and he loved it!

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

his "best" smile!

First pre-school pictures!

Why oh why do they put kids
in these weird, un-natural positions?

This just cracks me up.

Very sweet, isn't he though?!!!

Monday, July 12, 2010

Crazy Delicious

Hey Cam,
Remember the Vegetarian Ruben Sandwich from Jhoti Bhanga?
Well Emmett and I got the ingredients today so we could make it. So easy and yummy.
Here's one for the cookbook...

1)Toasted Rye Bread

2)Thousand Island Dressing on both sides (Russian is better but we couldn't buy it at the store...maybe you can find it...but Thousand Island is almost as good. If you want to make it from scratch the ingredients are :1/4 cup mayo, 1tbs ketchup, dash hot sauce, 1 tbs minced chives or dill, 2 tsp capers, 1 tsp lemon juice)

3)A package of Tempeh, sliced into 1/4'

thick slabs sauteed with...
4)well-cooked red onion slices
5)sauteed spinach (optional) is great also!
6)one slice swiss cheese, melted on the tempeh
7)and squeezed-out sauerkraut.

I love this and could eat it all day.
xo

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Camping, year 4

The Dreyers, Browns, Camps, Reillys, Diamonds, Finchs, Huertas, Harwood/Roes, Zink/Vitums families all represented...and of course Aiden!. (We missed the Strandes, the Peelers/Hookers, and 3 of the 4 Northrops).
A very fun year marked by the bog and the frogs and the many stringed instruments. The chili and minestrone and the dutch oven full of eggs and potatoes.
The sound of Silas yelling like Tarzan and some late night potty tantrums to balance out the absolute joy in being outside ALL DAY and NIGHT.
The rest of the kids alternating between Woods War and Cops and Robbers.
Lots of trees climbed and guitar lessons as well as one rescued baby squirrel fed every half-an- hour all night long by three of our nature mothers in training.
More rope swinging and singing and smores, vegan stylie. Sage burning, star gazing, leaf collecting and general appreciation of our very loud and boisterous "gypsy camp".

Another great year of kids outnumbering adults, dirty dirty feet, slathered sunscreen and bugspray, a few scrapes and bruises, many laughs and fun had by all.
Wonderful except for the packing and unpacking. That part just sucks.

And check out the incredible dragon/phoenix tree that keeps watch
over our camp!!
And on the way home, a little I am the Walrus...

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

one day....

..one day we're gonna rent one of these and go up and down the coast with our instruments
(definitely the ukulele!) and our surfboards (ha).
wanna rent one too and come along??
check out this place where you can rent them...

Monday, July 05, 2010

wish I had time for more kids classes...so so fun!

I hosted a class (with Mac, Emmett and Indi's help) for a group of families that trade-off child care in the summers and have come up with a great camp cooperative! So far they have farmed, recycled, baked, gone rock climbing etc etc...great families, sweet kids and a fun morning for me. I miss teaching kids classes!