Adirondack Dress in Autumn
17 years ago
Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts
Dec 3, 2008
Oct 6, 2008
Saturday's Market
Kevin's parents are in town so I thought I would leave you with a few pictures from the farmer's market this past weekend.
Aug 6, 2008
Mar 27, 2008
Dec 29, 2007
Nov 14, 2007
Autumn
Erin reminded me that Fall is quickly coming to an end yesterday. So Alder and I took an amble on a near by Rails to Trails savoring an unusually warm afternoon.
Alder loves to give my gifts as we walk along, he carefully chooses the right pile of coal remnants.
Autumn is a time for cozy clothes, cardigans and clogs .
The sun was getting low as we headed back (I am still getting used to being in the north again I forgot just how early the sun sets, I love it)
Oct 31, 2007
Monkey Boy
Halloween is usually one of my favorite holidays, but this year it got swept to the side by everything that is going on. Luckily Grandma Mary sent Alder a monkey suit. Let me tell you the tale of Monkey Boy.
Monkey Boy woke as the sun was setting, he stuck his handy banana in his pocket and went out into the land of wooden floors to explore.
He went this way and that, never a moment still.
He found rare specimens that needed drumming.
But he would not stop. No there was dancing to be had!
When the calls of the dark dwellers came to the door he might pause.
As the visitors dwindled Monkey Boy returned to his nest high in the umbrella tree.
He climbed up with his banana still in his pocket.
And was done.
Or not...
Monkey Boy woke as the sun was setting, he stuck his handy banana in his pocket and went out into the land of wooden floors to explore.
He went this way and that, never a moment still.
He found rare specimens that needed drumming.
But he would not stop. No there was dancing to be had!
When the calls of the dark dwellers came to the door he might pause.
As the visitors dwindled Monkey Boy returned to his nest high in the umbrella tree.
He climbed up with his banana still in his pocket.
And was done.
Or not...
Oct 19, 2007
What Home Looks Like Right Now
I promised a while ago to show what our home looks like. It finally really feels like it's ours, no more boxes to unpack or things to reorganize.
My mother-in-law gave these to Alder, I've always loved the blocks, being magnets is a bonus.
This was my birth quilt made by the mother of a friend of my parents. She was a seamstress and sew this entire thing out of scraps and by hand. Since I left home at 18 I have always had it hanging in my room. Back during the chaotic time of college I was spend hours decompressing by just looking at the quilt and listening to NPR. I am always finding new things about it, and it still brings me calmness during times of stress.
The wooden things on the wall are saints carved from the wood of wagons during the 1960's when they were being phased out in Sicily, my parents brought them home after one of their trips.
This is our first piece of artwork we bought. It's done by Denver artist Kelsey Dalton.
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had acquired a cut paper piece at a flea market, this is it.
This is Alder's space. It's down stairs near the kitchen. The landlord called it an office but since it has a door into the kitchen and one into the dinning room it has become his place to play and hang out, we keep all his stuff down there so the bedroom isn't too stacked with stuff.
My mother-in-law gave these to Alder, I've always loved the blocks, being magnets is a bonus.
This was my birth quilt made by the mother of a friend of my parents. She was a seamstress and sew this entire thing out of scraps and by hand. Since I left home at 18 I have always had it hanging in my room. Back during the chaotic time of college I was spend hours decompressing by just looking at the quilt and listening to NPR. I am always finding new things about it, and it still brings me calmness during times of stress.
The wooden things on the wall are saints carved from the wood of wagons during the 1960's when they were being phased out in Sicily, my parents brought them home after one of their trips.
This is our first piece of artwork we bought. It's done by Denver artist Kelsey Dalton.
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had acquired a cut paper piece at a flea market, this is it.
This is Alder's space. It's down stairs near the kitchen. The landlord called it an office but since it has a door into the kitchen and one into the dinning room it has become his place to play and hang out, we keep all his stuff down there so the bedroom isn't too stacked with stuff.
Oct 16, 2007
Oct 1, 2007
A Step into the Past
August 9th 1919 during ship week, when all the sailors come to New York. My grandmother and friends took a few of them up to Riverside Park for a picnic. This is the same park as in the picture of Alder in Baby No More (a recent post).
Hannah Brandt, my grandmother in 1916 or 17. She designed purses and costume jewelry until she married at the old age of 27.
September 2 1918, in front of her sister's house out in Brooklyn.I've been thinking about how much pleasure and ease having a digital camera brings. Back when these pictures were taken it was a big deal. They weren't done by a professional but cameras were taken out for special occasions and not everyone had one. It is nice to be able to discard images I don't like but I want to start approaching the camera with more reverence, it is an artists media not just a recorder.
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