winter

Our version of snow, a carpet of fallen manzanita blossoms.

se habla espanol

WHATS UP YO

...And we're out, until 12-2013.

happy 2013

return of the brain

For a while it disappeared and I missed the brains. Now it's back! But alas no longer blue.

the plants : first rain, first new growth of the season

california broom

paradise manzanita

brittlebush

chamise

island bush poppy

mountain lilac, burned by heat week before but bouncing back.

nevin's barberry

blue eyed grass

pink flowering currant

 lemonade berry

electric blue sage

oak

bush poppy searching for sun

great expectations

conversation

I want apple sauce.
Actually, I don't.
I DO want apple sauce.
Mom, I want apple sauce.
Could you get me more apple sauce?
Could you get me more nail polish?
Look
Look, my toes.
Hey, mom,
How come you're not giving me my apple sauce?
My apple sauce my apple sauce my *APPLE SAUCE*

I'm a rock star.

the desk dig

I cleaned off my refrigerator and desk last week in preparation for the coming school year. It was an archaeological experience. I found a food bag from Holland (no food inside). It made me think of the special way they fold them when you buy something there, like a bun or cookie: top edges all folded in. Not flattened at the top and folded over, like here. So it is possible even to fold a bag in another language.

ant hole and hot wheels

the inside-out of feathers

Doing Play-Doh the other day, we used a pod stem (??... I don't know what it is, it fell on the lawn) for a roller. And whoa, it made a PERFECT scale texture, just like feathers, or lizard skin. It was like the ghost of the young pod structure silently revealed itself. Hidden patterns repeat everywhere. Perfection!

feeling summer stripes

Backpack, long sleeves, and tights, 87 degrees, and sun.

Long sleeves, parka, 89 degrees, and sun.

August is a great time for stripes! And tights... and parkas. Red skirt by Miss Make, picked up last weekend at Renegade/ Sew L.A. Thanks ladies, she LOVES it, and with room to grow. 

special

the plants : summer

California natives still beautiful, even while preparing for seasonal sleepy time.

dress-up is the original cosplay

Whoa, great museum + favorite cartoon + the city nerding out all at once = awesome. Costume links, patterns, and adventures in hair-chalking here....

mom relaxes at beach while kids collect boring rocks

Oh! I guess they were not so boring after all. Torrey Pines, California.