Charlottesville VA

8 February 2011 Arabesques in the Dining Room

Feb 9, 2011

7 February 2011 The Two-Headed Dragon

Feb 8, 2011

This is one of Sam’s Valentine’s pictures for Cerys. I took a picture of it today before taking it to the post office. (Sorry for the spoiler, Cerys!)

6 February 2011 Why I Love My Husband

Feb 7, 2011

He makes me laugh. And he lets me take his picture. We came across this “dirt bike in the mud installation” on our walk along the Rivanna Trail, just east of Jordan Park.

5 February 2011 The Basement

Feb 6, 2011

Believe it or not, this is progress! Probably one more day and the basement chaos will be reigned in.

4 February 2011 Richmond on the James

Feb 5, 2011

As seen from Rockett’s Landing near Grand-mÃ¨re’s flat. It turns out that Richmond was named for the English town of Richmond near London because the view of the James reminded founder William Byrd of the view of the Thames from Richmond Hill. After Grand-mÃ¨re fed us a tasty lunch we walked along the river and then up …

3 February 2011 Dorbie Handwriting Lesson

Feb 4, 2011

I have a writing workbook in which Sam can practice letter formation. A week ago or so I was trying to motivate her to practice printing lowercase letters, and I saw two of her “Dorbies” lying nearby. I decided to enlist the dolls in my motivation efforts. Whenever Sam would execute a letter in good form, the Dorbies …

2 February 2011 Moore’s Creek

Feb 3, 2011

AC and Sam contemplate Moore’s Creek down by the Woolen Mills, a short walk from our house.

1 February 2011 Presents from England

Feb 2, 2011

31 January 2011 Picking Up Someone?

Feb 1, 2011

Why yes, yes we are. And we did. We successfully picked AC up in Washington. He’s back from the UK!

30 January 2011 Hanging Out at Riverview Park

Jan 30, 2011