Looking for a part

Desperately seeking a part for the 1938 Magic Chef gas stove in our kitchen - a new (or refurbished knob so that we're able to use the fourth burner on the stove. Hard to be a great cook with only three burners!

Burns Night 2009

Our annual Burns Night supper (eating haggis, bashed neeps & chappit tatties, brussel sprouts, oat cakes, ginger apple fool and of course some usquabae) was wonderful. Here's the motley crew and also Aaron reading an original poem, "The Dirty Davis."

Annie (leaning forward, far left) and the Semaphore Dance Repertory Theatare

Ann Hermes in Fundamentals Class

Dance in low light

both these "still" images are made from digital video. Low light (here, of the performance by Semaphore, the dance group Annie belongs to at Carleton College) is really a determining factor about the quality of the image. Play the image back on a computer monitor you like and which gives a healthy size - then take a shift+apple+3 picture of the screen and it becomes a png file - then you can open in Photoshop and work on it.

A lovely time was had by all....

As we moved Annie into her dorm at her Minnesota college.

Jessie

Jessie King in September 2006. She is a grad student in the MA program here at Missouri and she has often looked after our pets if our family was out of town. When we were in Mexico last summer she found that one of the mice had bitten the head off a cage mate. It was very upsetting.

Annie's Birthday

A little late (sorry, Annie!) but it was a nice time - we traveled to Minnesota to celebrate the 19th anniversary of her birth. Sweet.

Chris' birthday - a big one...

A surprise party at the U. Club - a treat! - and a couple of birthday cakes at home.

Birthdays - first Alan (April 6) -

Alan turned 11 - had a birthday dinner with the family plus Lynn and Elliot and James - and a sleepover with the boys.

Boy Scouts

Alan in training at Boy Scouts - fire building and putting up a tent.

Fundamentals Critique

Delphine Marquis discovers herself in a class critique.

Mom's Funeral

Dan passing by the grave site after Mom's funeral. It was a blustery day. It started to rain, turned to sleet, turned to snow. It was a hard day but we thought Mom had earned her rest.

Picking a muscial instrument

Like I say, Alan chose percussion - but several of his mates from school (five of them?) chose the tuba. When Alan told me this, it sent me into hysterics.

not exactly an audition...

Here's a chance to do some catching up on some pictures, happenings in the family.


Alan tried out some musical instruments - he decided on percussion.

Winter weather

Boomer on the porch supervises Alan doing the heavy lifting after our December 2006 snowstorm.

Starting the semester

This is where i'll post some musings - and you'll do the same on your own blogs. Let's blog together!