Beach Boys

Oh, I just love this boy! and this one And this one, too. Hope you’re having a good summer, too.

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Food Friday: Wild Blueberry Muffins

A few photos of what I’ve been doing instead of blogging of late: H, W and I voyaged to Maine in the company of two of our favorite people, Maria and her little boy, Tommy. Here we are, off to swim in the lake. We visited big boy Jack. And Lydia, who I’ve been photographing…

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Raspberry season

Well, I will go out on a very long limb and say that I think summer might finally have arrived in New England. It’s been a long time coming, so naturally, we’ve been soaking it all in, since you never know when it might leave. (Or when you might have HAIL or FLOODS or some…

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Thinking you can’t possibly be three

Uh, wrote most of this on his birthday last week, but now he is three and one week, just for those of you keeping track. Dear Henry, Today you are three, and all day long I was shocked when I saw you. Tall, lanky and so darn THREE, and I just have no idea how…

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Strawberries and turning three

I guess Henry must have taken a nap last year on his birthday for me to have written all this and posted it on his birthday. Will picked every one of these himself, stopping to ask, “Is this a good one?” after EACH ONE. Today, I’m fielding requests of “Can I have another strawberry?” (Can…

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They measured their hugs

Mother’s Day, May 2009 I love this one, taken by my husband with the five-year-old point and shoot. I can’t believe they stayed still long enough to remain in the same frame! I had a wonderful mother’s day with my two little monkeys and one sweet hubby. We had a great morning—breakfast out, and a…

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Introducing Isabella and Andrew

I was lucky enough to visit with my sister and brother-in-law yesterday, and meet the famous twosome causing such a fuss these last few weeks. These little tykes are adjusting quite well to their strange new world, even though it is a bright blue world for them under the bili lights. Both of them are…

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Whoops

As I’m looking at that last blog post, where I tell you that I hope the next update I give you about the twins in our family will be many weeks from now, I just have to wonder a little about karma. As of yesterday morning at 6:39 a.m., my sister is no longer home…

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Still here

You all are too much. So many thanks for the phone calls, texts and emails about my sister. I am so sorry to leave you hanging this week, but the good news is I have the following to report: After a harrowing two weeks, my sister is A) still pregnant B) at HOME C) 30…

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Fisheye fun

Our cousin Ben is engaged to a photographer, which makes for great discussions at family gatherings. She just got a fisheye lens, so we had some fun with it this past weekend. I haven’t downloaded my tries with it yet, but I just love these photos, courtesy of Steph Stevens Photo (and the last one…

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