Charlottesville VA

6 November 2013 While Chopping Garlic

Nov 7, 2013

(We’ll make a garlic-lover of Sam yet!) Sam: Mommy, do you know why I’ve been helping you make dinner and breakfast a lot lately? Me: No, I don’t. Sam: Well, you know how Santa sees everything? Me: [nods & thinks–ah, right. She’s kissing up to Santa] Sam: And he can see when you do good things? Me: [nods & …

4 November 2013 Halfway Down the Stairs

Nov 5, 2013

I love this A.A. Milne poem on the staircase leading up to the meeting rooms (or down to the children’s section) at Central Library in Cville.

1 November 2013 Hermione Hair

Nov 2, 2013

Sam’s Hermione Granger look continued today…

31 October 2013 Witches

Nov 1, 2013

30 October 2013 Jump

Oct 31, 2013

29 October 2013 Fruit Flies, Beware

Oct 30, 2013

We have a bat in the dining room.

28 October 2013 Shroud

Oct 29, 2013

Quite appropriate for the cemetery garden in fall, no? The shroud, aka floating row cover, is supposed to shield the broccoli and lettuce from the nippy temperatures that have befallen Virginia.

24 October 2013 Virginia v. Miami

Oct 25, 2013

Women’s Soccer. Virginia trounced Miami 4-0 and I have to say, those girls really have some crazy mad soccer skills. The game was so entertaining, it took our minds off the 40-degree temps (!) The hot chocolate helped, too.

23 October 2013 Final Harvest

Oct 24, 2013

Final harvest of peppers tonight (jalapeÃ±os, green bell and gypsies) since it’s supposed to get near freezing tonight. And speaking of freezing, guess I’ll be freezing some peppers for the winter!

22 October 2013 Little House in the Little Woods

Oct 23, 2013

Sam drew a self-portrait in which her hands and feet were caked in mud and dirt. “This is me when I’m happy,” she said. She spent the afternoon playing with her friends in the woods today. They refurbished a stick hut, painted mud on the walls and rigged a tree bark door. By the looks of her hands and feet, it was a …