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Ordinary life in pictures

The mid-day counter collection. Snack bowl, sippy cup and the cat-deterrent device.  The lens that got left in the car and finally migrated in. Drawing paper. Bean's iPhone.  A quiet monitor.  A moment of stillness to observe this moment of my life.

Ordinary Life in Photos: Mother's Day

For him, coffee.  For her, a sippy cup of water. 

For me, a Kir Royale.

Ordinary life in pictures

When exactly did she turn into a toddler?

Ordinary life in pictures

"She thinks books hold treasure," her father said the other night. "In some it is easier to find than in others."

I can't tell you how delighted I am that my child is a lover of books.  Me, too, Sweet Pea. Me, too.

One moment: Jan 25, 2012

One moment: January 6, 2012

At sunset

This afternoon the wind pushed the morning's grey blanket back across half the brilliant blue winter sky until it ran from one horizon to the other in a crumpled pile. Where it met the ocean at one end, as the sun sank, it looked like this.

As one year ends and another one begins, I am choosing to turn into the wide open blue and away the muzzled, muted grey.

One moment: 9/23/2011

One moment: 9/16/2011

One moment: 9/9/2011