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New biker

map — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:00:19 +0000

Ava’s just started riding her bike to school in the last week. It seems like we’ve waited a long time for our daughter to take to her wheels, but now that she’s up, it’s difficult to get her to slow down. The new method of transportation also seems to have reestablished her friendship with her guy friends in the neighborhood, boys who’ve been biking for a couple years now and who literally and figuratively left Ava in the dust when they took to the road.

Just as when I saw her up on a horse for the first time, watching her pedal off down the road to school in the morning simultaneously astounds and saddens me. Ava gets frustrated so quickly, yet she has a firm resolve that always seems to carry her through whatever task she’s undertaken.

The next step in this journey will be to get Ava riding the classic Schwinn that Poom Poom had refurbished for her. She’s ridden it, but it handles differently than the smaller bike she’s on now, and the handlebars are different, so it’ll take some getting used to. But she’ll manage, as she always does.

Like no one is watching

map — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:17:12 +0000

agp summer dance

It was pretty wonderful to watch Ava dance on the pedestrian mall this past Friday night. She was all alone out there, save for the shirtless drunk guy who appeared, wandered off, then reappeared to request his favorite song.

It was almost as if you could see the vestiges of last winter’s long, cold, dreary days falling from Ava’s shoulders as she moved. We ended up having to leave mid-song, but AGP surely would’ve stayed and danced all night if we’d let her.

Petals n droplets

map — Mon, 16 May 2011 14:11:49 +0000

petals n droplets

I figure this shot alone justifies the purchase of my 100mm macro lens, even if I never sell a print.

This flower has opened since I took this, and it’s beautiful, but I don’t think it’s ever going to be as pretty as it was in this moment.

And so it begins

map — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:45:47 +0000

magnolia w bee

The 2011 flower macro season. If you ain’t down with photos of pretty flowers, you’ll want to avoid my flickr stream for the next four months or so.

Unembargoed — baby blanket

map — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:51:55 +0000

baby blanket rocker

To accompany the hat, of course. This is what I’d set out to make for a baby gift for Rachel and Kevin. It was the simplest pattern I could find and turned out to be a great first project. I had some yarn left over, so I made the cap, too. I couldn’t have done any of it without YouTube and my new friends at Home Ec Workshop!