turkey day in northampton

we all met in paterson and then drove up to northampton. mike, cousin mike, and i. we had a lovely turkey day. sara, lydia, libby, aunt suzie, norman, cousin mike, mike and i. and the lady dogs. we ate a lot and went for the traditional post dinner walk and then turkey night bowling (i sucked). friday, mike, cousin mike, and i played with lydia all day. this included new warm stuff and ice cream Before lunch. friday night, mike and i made the family an asian dinner. no pictures of that moment because we were very busy! i think i found a garden plot in montclair thanks to cousin nancy! i made my first pecan pie with guidence from nana at the cape.

north-bound?

our little family might be moving north a bit...i'm excited to think about a new adventure...

heirlimmons!!

end of summer

getting ready for more sauce











pirate??

little rhody

m's art on our way out of rhode island the other day.

marlee

autumn

the autumn colors make me happy...i also remember all things autumnal while growing up because my mom loved all of it! m and i stopped at shartner's farm when we left RI to get apples, pumkins, and found pepper biscuits, which i haven't had since i moved out of RI!

i was just driving to my office on campus and had to stop because 2 students in a row were walking and texting on their cell phones so they had no idea i was there and almost walked right into my car. then i realized, not only were they missing the traffic they were about to walk into because of their cell phone text messages but they also totally missed this beautiful tree with orange leaves. people walk and look down at the phone. and totally miss the beauty. its so stupid.