poppyseeds!

daddy
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our dad
a loose explanation.

a night owl
makes grilled cheeses in the microwave
masterful at fixing all things
patient (unless he's teaching me to drive a stick)
a best friend
l.l. bean shirts with patches on the elbows
worn out mocassins
expert storyteller
folk singer
dog lover
enthusiastic
athlete
jokester
opens car doors for us
works out on the stair stepper
tells us look both ways (three times)
taught us how to catch lightning bugs
still pays to get our oil changed
showed me the difference in poplar and maple
hates stickiness
loves kids and babies
talk radio
his police scanner
cuts some rug!
really loves our mom
yard sales
hates breaking his routine
digital watches
fishing
teaching
leaves his coffee spoon on the edge of the sink
photographs on the wall
jimi hendrix
amateur radio
mischief with john john
trucks
cracked pepper
V8
wrangler jeans
the hunting channel
pepper spray and stun guns
mexican dip
an eternal optimist
hamburgers with "special sauce"
emails me every day
meatloaf
"anything goes at the beach"

we love you so much! happy fathers day, popsi!

2 days until the beach. i cannot wait to see you all.

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image: lindsay with bubbles, early summer 2008

eight days until we leave for the beach.
i read a story today about a tiny piglet who was afraid of mud. so it's owners gave it some tiny wellingtons to make it easier.

tomorrow i'll be on my way back to altavista with sampson by my side for father's day.

sorry nothing else to interesting is happening at the moment. but i wanted to touch base here. hopefully i'll have more photos from this weekend.

greta von schnouza

greta's first summer, may 2008.

"The elegance is something that must be whispered, not shouted." - Unknown

Things I'm thinking about right now:

Tag line community contest for the museum.
What I'm going to wear at the beach.
If I should buy a new computer.
A conceptual ad campaign for the museum.
Iced Mochas.
Painting the kitchen blue.
Father's Day gifts.
How Ben loves to sit down in the yard.
Tree seats.

What are you thinking about?

i love you, june.

Baby Lily at 9 weeks.  

Ethan's 9th birthday, at Aunt Janine's yellow house in Bedford.  18 days until Oak Island.  

Good things about today:

I finally got my laptop to work again.

I thought about my talk with Mammie last night a lot. 

I ate chocolate chips waffles for breakfast.

I didn't work out.

I found my turqouise ring. 

I talked to Erin about how she needs to move here.

Greta is so cute.

I found this sweet photographic show and now I need to go to dc to see it.

I love my house. 

as promised

I had written that I would post a photograph of Betty, so here you are! Lindsay's uncle rescued her from a violent situation, so she was a little skiddish around the wild and crazy Sampson + Greta, but once she found that they were nice, she had the best time with them. I loved seeing them together.

I'll also post a few other shots from the weekend. It's so beautiful there.