Monday, October 15th, 2018

Iris shows off her cuteness (Johnville Bog & Forest Park)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, October 14th, 2018

Family Visit (L’Ile du Marais)

Iris has always been a people watcher. She stated this to me explicitly at age two. One of her favorite people to watch is Uncle Dan. She likes to watch him draw, especially when he is drawing landscapes. Rendering a landscape in watercolor is a magical act.

 

 

 

Landscape:

 

 

 

 

 

Β *Β  Β  Β *Β  Β  Β *

 

Later, at home, Gramma watches Iris knit.

 

 

 

Now & again, she lends a hand.

 

 

 

Knitting is not one of Iris’s favorite activities, but she is much better at it than I am!

 

Tuesday, October 9th, 2018

Somewhere in Eden (Pont Drouin Covered Bridge/ L’Abri Vegetal)

Somewhere in Eden, naked young children play amongst tall flowers growing by a river.

 

Friday, October 5th, 2018

New Backpack (L’Ile du Marais)

I couldn’t carry both enough water to get us comfortably through our longest of hikes and carry Akiva, so I bought Iris a backpack. It gives her superpowersβ€” the most wonderful of which is the super power to enable us to carry enough water.

 

Friday, September 28th, 2018

Little Luscious Lips

They all want to kiss me.

 

 

 

They all want to squeeze me because I am soft and cute.

 

 

 

But even though I’m only three, I’m already my own self. Respect me.

 

 

 

You think you can make yourself irresistible?

 

 

 

It is only I. Only I am irresistible. Don’t kiss me.

 

Monday, September 24th, 2018

Iris & the Skirt of Many Fabrics

At a garage sale,

Mom bought a box of batik fabric that someone had cut into small pieces with the intent of making a quilt.

The quilt was never completed.

 

 

 

She bought me the fabric thinking I might use the tiny pieces to make tiny doll clothes.

I have decided that I enjoy piecing the fabric for clothing.

 

 

 

This skirt has 32 different fabrics.

 

 

 

I took Iris to the field across from the school to model it for me.

 

 

 

…& then strange tiredness overcame her, & she lay on the ground, immobile.

 

Monday, September 17th, 2018

Coaticook River Rock Tossing Expedition

It started out in the normal way: a walk in the woods down to the river,

 

 

 

fully clothed.

 

 

 

But, with the toss of the first rock, the first splash wetted their clothing andβ€”

 

 

 

Off it came! Splash!

 

 

 

In to the water with the rocks!

 

 

 

Throw to the other side!

 

 

 

Andβ€”

 

 

 

bloop!

 

 

 

It’s good to have a river.

 

Thursday, September 6th, 2018

Rethabille’s New Clothes

While Iris & Rethabille model matching outfitsβ€”

 

 

 

β€”Akiva behaves like a wild animal.

 

Monday, September 3rd, 2018

Fording the Massawippi River

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

…while Martin waited in the shade.

 

Wednesday, August 29th, 2018

Iris braids Akiva’s hair.

Akiva tries hard to keep his cool.