May 15, 2007

spc: urban playground



jack plays baseball out here with his mom and dad.
one day, the triplets will play out here, too.
they'll shout up to our kitchen window to see if
our boy can come down and play but
he'll already be halfway there.

cousins will come over and they will
scream and shout as they
throw water balloons and
draw with sidewalk chalk.

alleys are the place to be in the city.
a place to hang and catch up with the
neighbors as your kid practices
on his new training wheels
racing the others to the
next lamp post.

we dream and hope and
nest and build and fall in love
over and over every day.
life is good.
crazy good.

the self portrait challenge this month
is to capture yourself somehow, somewhere on the street.
check out more street shots here at the
self portrait challenge site.

May 13, 2007

like a polaroid picture



some of my shorties made me a picture for mother's day.

on this day, and every day,
i think we should take their advice and
"shake [what] your mama gave you..."

happy mothers' day to
all women everywhere.
we have all been a mother at some time
to someone somewhere.

happy mothers' day
to my two mothers,
ellen and aunt kathi.

May 4, 2007

quickie


millie, my cousins' daughter,
is home.
she is beautiful
and has stolen
all of our hearts.

she smells so good as she
snuggles into her blanket,
making faces as she dreams
about eating and sleeping
and whatever else babies
have in their baby-schema
of life.

just wanted to let folks know.
(actually she has been home for
over a week now...)

(click here to read about it.
make sure you scroll down to get all of the
welcome-home-goodness!)


note: millie is the daughter
of my cousin, talley, and her
husband, robby.
our son is still a-cookin' and has about three months to go...