2011 Photo365

7 May 2011 Not a lot of Wind

May 9, 2011

but a lot of fun in Newport News this weekend.

5 May 2011 Strawberry Fields Forever

May 6, 2011

or at least 8 acres of them at Critzer Farm at the foot of Afton Mountain.

4 May 2011 Greenleaf Park in May

May 5, 2011

Part two of making mud bricks. After we mixed up the mud yesterday we poured some into various different moulds, i.e. junk, that I happened to have lying around: egg cartons, plastic apple sauce containers, a plastic hummus container and a huge yogurt cup. We left all of these out to bake in the sun and today’s weather …

2 May 2011 Mixing Mud for Mud Bricks

May 3, 2011

1 May 2011 Breaking and Fixing

May 2, 2011

The best thing about a husband who breaks things in and around the house? He knows how to fix them.

30 April 2011 A Day Spent Almost Entirely Outdoors

May 1, 2011

29 April 2011 The Royal Wave

Apr 30, 2011

Sam and I watched highlights of the royal wedding this afternoon. She was, to put it mildly, fascinated. Afterward she disappeared upstairs for a while, then emerged dressed in her own regal garb. “Mommy,” she said, “I am a Duchess too.” Then she waved that tightly controlled, fanning wave she saw Kate and William do …

28 April 2011 Farm Girl

Apr 29, 2011

Last year on April 28 we found three dead sheep on a hike in the Scottish Highlands. Sam remembers the dead sheep. Is this going to be one of those memories she carries from childhood to adulthood? I wonder. This year on April 28 there were no sheep, dead or otherwise. But Sam did draw a picture of a farm girl trying …

7 May 2011 Not a lot of Wind

6 May 2011 Early Evening Walk

5 May 2011 Strawberry Fields Forever

4 May 2011 Greenleaf Park in May

3 May 2011 Mud Pyramid City

2 May 2011 Mixing Mud for Mud Bricks

1 May 2011 Breaking and Fixing

30 April 2011 A Day Spent Almost Entirely Outdoors

29 April 2011 The Royal Wave

28 April 2011 Farm Girl