Thursday, July 23, 2009
Cheese Blues
The name says it all. Hopefully more photos soon of our trip last week to Washington and California.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Random images from this past week
Some random photos and videos from this past week. Here is Lena on an excursion to the Japanese Tea Garden located behind the Museum of Science and Industry in Hyde Park.
Lena finding Riley's sleeping spot in the closet.
Lena sporting a hip new shirt and shades courtesy of her aunt Lois.
Fireworks at the park near our house this past Friday night.
Lena playing cello with our friend Lee Hsiang who has been in town the past week.We found a place to live in California
Here are some photos of our new place in Palo Alto, California which we'll be renting for the coming year. After a bit of agonizing over listings on craigslist and drafting multiple CA-based friends (several of whom we have yet to meet in person) into the process (e.g., seeing rentals for us) we have signed a lease for this cute bungalow. The photo above is a view from the front with a small rose garden and bench.
Here is a view from the dining room. The room to the right is the living room and through the arch to the left is the kitchen.
This is a photo from near the bedroom looking through the dining room back into the living room.
Our backyard! We are so excited to have outdoor space in which we can eat meals, container garden, and just generally be outside. Thanks a bunch to Daniel, Marielle, and Ezra for going to check this place out. Now we just need to figure out how to get us and all our stuff out there in August!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Ramsey's last day
Here are a few photos from last week courtesy of Ramsey. The first few are from the fountains at Millenium Park - which has been a huge hit with Lena. Below that are several great snaps taken around our apartment. Today is a day of last days. Morgan's last full day at work (though she will be continuing to work remotely for CRL after we move) and Ramsey's last day taking care of Lena. We celebrated the past 8 or so months together this morning with a breakfast of fruit, coffee, and vegan pancakes and by exchanging gifts. Ramsey gave us a fantastic framed photo of Lena she took earlier this spring with her medium format film camera and we gave her a book we made containing photos of Lena and her adventures, excerpts from the "lena log" recounting their activities together, a mix cd, etc. It was fun working on it all together. Ramsey is fantastic and the next family with whom she works will be really fortunate. The remainder of this month is pretty crazy for everyone in terms of schedules but hopefully next month before we fledge to CA we'll get to visit and Lena can also meet Ramsey's dog Rover.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Fossils, flower, paint, and peas
This past week Paul went to the North American Paleontology Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the conference there was a mid-week field trip to look at fossils from an ancient sea that covered the region over 400 million years ago. Here are a few photos from that trip. The photo above is a limestone slab with fossil bryozoans, brachiopods, etc.
A typical southern Ohio exposure.
Fossil clam.
Fossil brachiopod.
This week we also harvested peas from Morgan's garden for the first time. Lena is a huge fan - they are both delicious and fun to play with.
Lena and Ramsey spent some time painting one day. Here are a couple shots of the greenie lenie.
Our night blooming cereus also bloomed this week for the second time in the last year or so (before that it had been nearly 10 years since we'd gotten it, with no blooms at all). It smells fantastic.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Chicken calling - a new favorite
Just saw this before bedtime. Lena is now totally cranked (more like a monkey calling contest). This is guaranteed to be a new favorite of ours. We particularly like the quote at the end from the woman who talks about "zen with the hen." Enjoy!
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