Simone & I went apple-picking with our good pals the McAffees this week. We braved the rain and thunder and enjoyed the entire orchard to ourselves. This was my very first apple-picking (*see Stuff White People Like #132). I had never been a huge fan of the apple until just this last fall when a coworker gave me a freshly-picked apple from a nearby farm. And wow, I was swept off my feet. Not to put Utah-grown apples down or anything, but seriously--have you ever tried a Honey Crisp from Pennsylvania? Well, you should.
I also got to cut an impromptu bouquet of wild flowers. Here's a little shout-out to Linus for helping me! I heart those whimsical cosmos.
If you've ever been curious about Frank Lloyd Wright's 'Falling Water', well, this is some of that water. (They don't let you take pictures in the house, so you'll have to enjoy this one instead.)
Hanging out with grandma.
Hanging out with grandpa.
Caution: Some of the Pittsburgh dinosaurs are starting to assemble.
One of the sources of my great looks. (My dad's the other one, of course.)
spacebike guy was the topic of our first posting. we've seen him several times, and sometimes manage to get grainy footage, sometimes debatable evidence at best. but this occasion lent itself to some more leisurely shooting; he wasn't even riding his machine. amorette asked for his permission to take a few photos of his work. he agreed, and told us he wasn't riding because he was having a financial crisis. i must admit that i feel conflicted about aestheticizing spacebike guy here in his time of hardship, and really don't mean to make light of his situation. amorette was able to refer him to some social services she's involved with. (dan hadley, if you're reading, check out spacebike guy's nod to your air jordan motif .)
we spent monday on a trip to lake erie. the 2 hour drive was beautiful, going through incredibly green damp landscapes of forests and farms under a sky like the one in the photo of the lake. being at the lake was like being at the ocean, it even seemed to smell like the ocean.
the wind was blowing pretty hard, and we thought kiddo wouldn't like it, but she seemed to love it on her face, and the sound of the wind and the waves. kind of like, 'whoa, it's like i'm in a huge woomb', maybe.
we'd make good hoboes if we ever decided to go off the grid.
we went to a jazz concert –joe sample trio– with our friends jessica, bryce and isaac. we enjoyed good food, conversation and music, and we felt cool to be seen with a cat like simone. we began bombarding her with music since the womb, and she seems to enjoy it intensely. she recently had her first earful of miles davis' "kind of blue", and she was 'feeling it'. she has also been perfecting some new dance moves. in this picture she's actually in the middle of a crucial sequence. more moves to follow...
