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Birds really freak me out

1. Turkey Lurching 5.19.2007. Ew! A turkey! Up close and personal! I don’t like birds one little bit, but I like the composition of this photo.

2. copia d’arte – Nighthawks – Nottambuli – Hopper. “Nighthawks” re-created with Legos. Wow.

3. 365 114 “17 days of school left, but i’m not counting” I love her skirt, and I love the toe-tapping anticipation she’s captured.

4. Summer, summer, summer tiiiiiiiiime. This is such a fun capture.

5. Day 46 | Sunday 20 May 2007. I like the commercial quality here.

6. Stand Out and Be Heard. So exuberant! The photographer had wonderful timing.

7. Em bokeh’d. I like the colors in the flower, and I’m a sucker for bokeh.

8. Kraft Dinner. The photographer was going for a cinematic feel her, and I think she nailed it.

9. Windshield clouds.. Pretty.

10. I___I___I___I___I Great contrast.

11. Creativity. I love the angle.

12. Untitled. She has a great smile, and I love the movement in this one.

13. Kill me now. Mmmm … cupcakes.

14. Sugarpaste Peonies and Orchids. More pretty.

15. Day Two Hundred Ten: Corkscrew. I love jumping photos, and I love red shoes. This is the perfect convergence.

16. Taken moments after saying “Sure, Gavin. You can water the flowers.” Yup, the same little girl from No. 4, making me smile again.

Created with fd’s Flickr Toys.

Screen time

Thank you, Pixar

I think “Cars” is my new favorite movie. Not because it was cute, sweet or genuinely funny (it was), but because we watched it on our first Family Movie Night.

We didn’t plan to start Family Movie Night last night. I didn’t think Poppy would sit through an entire movie. She rarely sits through an entire episode of “Sesame Street.” But she was getting cranky last night, and Rockford and I were just bites away from finishing our dinner. “Cars” had arrived from Netflix that morning, so we put it in to try to distract her for a few minutes. It worked. For two hours.

After we finished dinner, I picked Pi up and sat in the recliner. She leaned forward, watching the movie for about 20 minutes. Then she conked out, cartoon style. I rearranged her so we’d both be more comfortable, and Rockford put a blanket over us. She slept in my arms for about half an hour. Then her eyes popped open again, and she said “You’re welpome!” She sat in my lap and let me cuddle her and smell her hair and smooch her cheeks for the rest of the movie.

It was beautiful. I haven’t held her for that long since before she could crawl. She’s becoming more and more independent by the day, and it was so good for my heart to have that time. I hope our next Family Movie Night is just as lovely. I might even let Rockford hold her next time. Maybe.

Flotsam / Jetsam

Seven things

Sandi challenged me to write “Seven Random Things” about myself. I tried to think of seven things that everyone who knows me might not know.

  1. My friend Amy was so stunned and dismayed to learn that my ears weren’t pierced that she took me to the mall and had it done. That was last summer, and it’s one of the many reasons I love Amy. She’s a problem solver.
  2. I couldn’t begin to describe how much time I’ve spent in libraries. I used to spend hours upon hours there. I still love going to the library, even though these days I just dash in, pick up whatever I’ve put on reserve, stop by the aquarium for a quick look at the “fishies” and dash back out again. The library in Columbia is my very favorite. It’s a beautiful design. But I think it’s ruined me for other libraries. The one here just doesn’t measure up.
  3. I had our first child’s name picked out for years before we decided to have kids. I had the girl name chosen even before we were married. But we had a miscarriage with my first pregnancy, and now I can’t fathom using either of those names. (Sorry to throw the downer in there.)
  4. The Sizzling Rice Soup at Forbidden City is the most perfect soup in the world. I’ve tried to re-create it at home, but I can’t get the rice to sizzle sufficiently.
  5. The first time I saw Rockford, I was certain that I would marry him. I didn’t actually meet him until the following year. Fortunately, he was as nice and funny as he was cute. 🙂
  6. I was once a Mary Kay lady. I don’t know what possessed me to do such a thing. I wore makeup less frequently then (never) than I do now (sometimes). It lasted about a year. I did break even, though, so that was nice.
  7. I named my first cat “Rainbow” in homage to Rainbow Brite. I also had a pair of Punky Brewster sneakers. I was a very hip 5-year-old.

I’m tagging Chloe, Cynthia, Becky, Taylor, Rachel and anyone else who’d like to play!