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The early hour didn’t faze her. Well, maybe a little. And no, that photo wasn’t staged. It’s a genuine early morning eye rub. I think I’ll be seeing a lot of those this year. And next year. And so on. We have to get up around six in the morning to get her to school [...]
Wed, August 11 2010 » Pea, photographs » 1 Comment
I want to write down every word she says. Tattoo them on my skin. Carve them in stone. I want to photograph every nuanced expression on her beautiful face and project them onto the side of a tall building or a mountain. I never want to forget. Don’t blink. Because when your eyelids close for [...]
Thu, August 5 2010 » Pea, photographs » 3 Comments
She ate more Hershey’s Kisses than we put in the cookies. She tried to slice open a lemon with a Very Sharp Knife when I stepped out of the kitchen. She got sugar on the table, sugar on the floor, sugar on the dogs. But we were together, mother and daughter. We laughed, we sang, [...]
Fri, December 18 2009 » Pea, celebrations, photographs, yum! » 3 Comments
Because you fine people seem to enjoy a good retrospective… 6 months: 1.5 years: 2.5 years: 3.5 years: 4.5 years:
Sun, November 1 2009 » Pea, celebrations, photographs » 5 Comments
Mon, October 26 2009 » Pea, photographs » 6 Comments
Tue, September 1 2009 » Pea, photographs » 1 Comment
My dear Sweet Pea, Now you are four. You woke up Saturday morning and let me know. “Good morning. I’m four now. Today I’m four” The night before you refused to wear your size three monkey nightgown, fearing that you would grow and burst out of it overnight. It’s more subtle than that, but you [...]
Tue, April 21 2009 » Pea, celebrations, photographs » 10 Comments
I’m not ready for this blog to die just yet, so here are a few unrelated things. ~Pea thinks that an exclamation point is called a decision mark. She thinks aliens from Uranus are called uliens. She called me stupid several times today but at bedtime admitted that she doesn’t really think I’m stupid. ~I [...]
Sun, March 22 2009 » Pea, just me, meta, photographs » 2 Comments
I did! Can you believe it? Me neither. First I picked an easy pattern — Burda 3026. It’s a nice summery dress, because I estimated that I would finish it approximately mid-July. Then I picked some fabric. I could not say no to giant octopi. Then I sewed it. From cutting out the pattern to [...]
Sun, February 22 2009 » Pea, i made this!, photographs » 5 Comments
This is always kind of fun. For what it’s worth (nothing,) the fourth one down is my favorite photo of the year. I’m a bit biased, but isn’t she pretty?
Wed, December 31 2008 » Pea, photographs » 8 Comments
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