Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Ekki Múkk To Popplagið

We were seeing Sigur Rós that night. Heading to Philly, lunch was first.

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Sarah's Corner Cafe for a combination of wraps and claps

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then suddenly Curtis needed to buy a sewing machine, good thing we were running early

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first timers are easy hazing victims

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is this a picnic or a rock show?

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got to love a show that's 50/50 standing and lying down

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collective mind blowing

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they played many of their angrier tunes

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Fantastically intimate and quite different than when Laura and I saw them in the Atlanta Symphony Hall back in 2006. Glad I could experience with such great people. Bucket list times two.

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recreate it

The Falls Are For Everyone

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breakfast the next morning was remarkable thanks to my able-bodied wife

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then we led everyone into the woods, with no resistance

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the river bed was chilly today

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Yuula decided that this was a good place to be

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riverside with Daddy

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it wasn't long til we were all barefoot

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her biggest bath yet

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Curtis is commonly overwhelmed by acts of grandiosity

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exploring the caves

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she'll never want to use her pool again

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and a perfect end(ing)

If You Stitch It They Will Come

let's catch up...

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Laura busted out the sewing machine last week

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it was a large undertaking

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Curtis, Eliot & Erica showed up for dinner on Sunday

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Yuula got first choice of what to view

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we are all fans of fire and smores

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Katie showed up late but we had one waiting for her

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heading back to the big screen, we started off with a little Louie

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and after a brief stab and streaming the new Batman but unsatisfied with the quality we settled in on The Big Lebowski, and then we all fell asleep in the yard

Yay!

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Your Spoon's Upside Down


dinner wild

The Family That Organics Together

We finally got to pickup our CSA together. Much more enjoyable for the whole family.

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Yuula went for the flowers

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Laura was armed

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That is Heidi. It's her farm.

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Measuring by the bucketful

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A swift getway

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A sampling of our weekly take

For It Will Be Gone By Morning

So we knew there was to be a storm on Monday night. We got our work done early and cleaned up the yard real good. Put things in their place, seating for company, rearranged the decks real nice, even swept the porches and patios. Locked up sheds and cleared walkways of debris. Wow, did it look nice in our yard.

Then there we felt a raindrop.

Inside we go. Time to settle in for some cozy rainstorms while we play with baby and listen to the lull of pitter patter on the patios. Then the pitter patter got loud. Then the winds got heavy. I swear to you some of those skinnier taller gals were bending at 90 degrees. Laura flashed back to her days living midwest and seeking shelter in the basement of which we have none. The first thing that goes is the power.

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Not so bad. Next we hear the slamming of hail on the roof and decks.

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Then almost immediately, like a bad Asian Simon & Garfunkel cover, the sound of sirens.

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Yuula decided to see how candlelight would affect her color drawings.

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When the barrage finally let up I went out to survey the damage. Down limbs all over the yard. Rocks washed away by heavy rain. Piles of hail randomly scattered throughout the property. I'm so glad we worked so hard all weekend.

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At least a tree didn't fall on our cars. One almost did, but, we had about 15 feet.

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Our neighbors were not so lucky.

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Neither was the bed of lettuce.

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So rather than get upset, we took in the silence (now) and kept our fingers crossed that our power would return before we had to, for the second time this year, throw out all our refrigerator/freezer goods. I think Santa is bringing a generator this year, as long as it fits down the chimney.

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And as a direct result of the bad storm and power outage, Yuula ended up in a Walmart bathroom without pants on.

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Supposed to get some "severe" weather today. Keep it coming.

Fins Over Fur

We've been talking about getting a dog since we moved here. It's going to be so fun once we finally do. But in the meantime, we got this old fishtank...

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Yuula loves fish, ever since we got one for Isabella on her birthday (her parents have promised retribution). So why not. It costs like $4.75 to feed them for a whole year. We got five.

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Yuula is quite enthralled with the fish, never passing thru the dining room without saying hello. We'll see how long that lasts. She named them all the same names. Fissy.

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They were hard to photograph.

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So yay, fish. I think two are already dead.