First walk of the new year.



I love these big gnarly old willow tree trunks - always a tree-hugging moment

I hang out with people who spoil me


(not actually a bib for eating cake, though I suppose it helped too... I forgot a smock for painting class so this worked instead)

boys & dogs

G & Q loved Aunt Laurie's beautiful, gentle St. Bernards

"Take my picture! Take my picture!"

"Let me take a picture! Let me!"

I'm getting nothing done at my computer this morning

red noses

Tim & I did something long overdue: went on a date to the Geneva ice skating rink!!! We used to go frequently during college years (um, last century) and try to go at least once a year now - but it's been a few years... Well this time around we were seriously the oldest people there! They played "kitschy, nostalgic" 80s rock-n-roll - we were authentic artifacts from the era!

During "intermission" I pretended to take pictures of the Zamboni machine in action, but really I wanted to capture the whole scene - it was sort of endearing: young girls fawning over the rink guards (with their excelled skating abilities), nervous parents, and younger couples (maybe college age?) getting amorous...

Actually the Zamboni is fun to watch (and it's always fun to say :)

Tim on the left: