disclaimer: no child was harmed during the joke of a sedative-hypnotic drug

I worked last Saturday (yes, Thanksgiving weekend, booooo), so the husb took Milo to a place that rhymes with Foam Weepo.  He sent me this pic via picture mail.

I hate missing the successful, calm, no whining/running shopping trips.  Or maybe daddy slipped him a Quaalude in the parking lot...

7:58am/3:36pm, Patuxent River

morning dew




afternoon clearing

(moments of solitude during) Thanksgiving 2010

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
~Marcus T. Cicero

Giving thanks and gratitude

closeted Haiku artist without the rules of a Haiku...

I am civilized.  Very Very Civilized.  AKA, you can take me out in public, with hats I refuse to buy.

I wait for brunch. I was always serious about the brunches.

We take pictures of each other to pass the time. His smile is patient, too.

Oh Freakin (chick pea fries) Yum.  Well worth the wait.  I need this recipe. Stats & Pronto.

 She had: Smoked Salmon/cream cheese/bagel amazingness.  Very Well Worth the Wait.
All of it went in ma belly. Truth.

He had: blueberry pancakes with creme fraiche. Le Sigh.

Dying...

We sit on front stoops/dirty streets on late nights...

We wait for the show to start (Upright Citizens Brigade).

I take pictures that seem very necessary and immediate at that time. The "philosophy of the life and times of a mattress" conversation embarks at 1am...

We have long, important disCUSSions about McDonalds edged between 2 buildings while we...

sip our tea and eat our bread baskets from across the street...

We go up. High.  Reminence your rooftop blues from a room called: teenage. Or maybe we're really thirty (2)  now..."it's hard to say...it's hard to keep up with time once it's on it's way..."

The beauty grows.  Finding color in this "forest of stone..."

We cover lots of ground whenever we're around...

loves you  aaron dot dot dot...!

ps Happy Thanksgiving!

nyc re-run, mini re-cap

So for 2 weeks I was all by my lonesome...(that book? Fly Away Home...coincidentally one of the main character's named her son...Milo...makes a smile to my face :)

with this guy...and it was nice and great and all...but then I went to...

NYC. And that was nice and great and all, too.

The End.

Hardy-Har -you know I took way more pics than that...commentary may be lacky due to some ridic sore throat/headache thing...

being this close to a cliff might scare some mamas...Milo at grandma's house....ah, that view...

and we hung out with some friends who have another amazing waterview...(mental note: do not burn bridges, piss off or otherwise estrange family or friends who have waterfront property.  Those people are fun to have around and make for good photo ops.)

A Brooklyn rooftop view...caged pigeons, hmm....

strike a pose there's nothin' to it...(mental note: do not grow apart or otherwise ignore friends or family who live in NYC and have rooftops that are fun and picture optimal)

Brooklyn: Year one. My BFF is all city, all good, and will never be rid of me.  Amen.

Elevater up to this cool what used to be a railroad in the sky thing.  Fuck!  What was the name of that park? The High Line?  Figures....

Beauty-full

Macy's: Where the parade sails through in a couple of days...
Happy times...

late October beach

I think we've all seen plenty of pictures that I've taken of my boy at the beach...

But you haven't seen the pictures my good friend, Jaime, has taken of my boy at the beach!

We are raising a generation of huggers...

Sand angels!

Milo insisted I hold him while going down the slide...6 or 7 times...
These moments don't happen as often anymore so I grab hold...



Milo and Ben throwing sand in the water



Little man, Little lady

I've known J. since the 4th GRADE!  From elementary to high school, losing touch as we lived our lives in far off states and travels, dropping random emails here and there and back again now into parenthood and living one county away.  What a joy it is to watch our kids (she's got 2! TWO!!) play together...23 years after we first met...unbelievable this whole time thing...