Wednesday, October 21st, 2020

Bouquetβ€”

β€”of rabbits.

 

 

Tuesday, October 20th, 2020

I forget where he said he was trying to goβ€”

Sunday, October 18th, 2020

Kiss @ Johnville Bog

I tried to take some photos of the kids on this log in mid-September, but the lighting was lousy.

Fortunately, I come here often enough to try, try again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Β  *Β  Β  *Β  Β  *Β Β 

 

 

Saturday, October 17th, 2020

A Short Walk in the Woods

We went for a short walk in the woods.

First we splashed in some puddles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then we walked down the riverβ€”

 

 

 

 

 

β€”to the tire swing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then we crossed the really awkward bridge where all the steps are attached to swinging chains

and there’s a tree that fell on top of it two years ago that one has to duck under.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I guess that was enough!

 

 

 

Friday, September 18th, 2020

Johnville Bog & Forest Park (Again)

I think I’d be happy to come here every day for a long, long time.

 

 

 

 

 

After some time, other people might require me to go alone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, September 12th, 2020

People at Work

While Martin and Akiva re-roof the shed,

 

 

 

 

 

Iris takes a straw bale down the slope,

 

 

 

 

behind the house,

 

 

 

 

into the bunny yard,

 

 

 

 

and under a bunny.

There is also a bunny under the wagon.

As soon as a new object is added to the yard, the bunnies will hop under it.

It’s not that the rabbits lack spots of shade, it’s simply that they are into investigative hopping.

 

Friday, September 11th, 2020

All Fall Down

I took my old cameraβ€” of the sort that only takes old photosβ€” on a walk alone into the tall woods.

 

 

 

There I found a circle of children singing and old song and dancing in circles.

 

 

 

When I approached more closely, the children, the circle, and the old camera disappeared.

 

 

 

I found myself as an old woman, alone again, with a new camera and nothing more to photograph.

 

Wednesday, September 9th, 2020

Akiva’s Piano Recital

 

 

 

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Friday, September 4th, 2020

L’Île du Marais Monstreβ€”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

β€”c’est juste un petit garΓ§on.

Thursday, September 3rd, 2020

Tire Swing, School Yard

Once upon a time when Gramps was big and I was littler than Akiva (as the story would begin, as told to my children), Cate & Dan & I went to a playground somewhere near our old house in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Ari and Mom were probably there, too. Which is to say, I am certain Mom walked us there & she wouldn’t have gone without Ari, tho I certainly don’t remember Ari being there at all. What I do remember is the tire swing.

 

 

 

 

I remember Cate & Dan were playing on the tire swing. They were swinging wildly back & forth, laughing loudly. I remember I wanted to play, too, but they wouldn’t let me. Or perhaps I tried but they immediately swung too wildly before I got a grip, and I cried to be let off. Or maybe I cried for them to stop so that I could get a grip on the chains, and they told me to get off. Or maybe Mom took me off, but either way, I wasn’t on the tire swing. I wanted to be on the tire swing, but I had to wait until they were done.

 

 

 

 

After what seemed like an interminable amount of time but was likely only eleven hours hours or perhaps ten minutes, Cate and Dan jumped off the tire swing and ran away. I didn’t like the fact that they ran away from me any more than the fact that they played on the tire swing without me. Mom said it was my turn, so I had to get on.

 

 

 

 

The problem with swinging on a tire swing alone when one is three or four years old is that it is nearly impossible.1 Whereas Cate & Dan had each other to pump with, I had no one. I knew how to pump a swing standing up, so I tried to pump the tire swing. As I pumped I must have leaned slightly to one side, because the tire swing began to spin. I didn’t want it to spin. I crouched toward the center to get a better grip on the chains, and the tire swing began to spin faster! I leaned in further so as to keep from flying off. The swing spun faster and faster! The world was a blur! I could not stop it! I started to scream. Mom must have thought I was screaming in delight, as she did nothing to save me. I started to cry, and the swing kept swinging, faster, faster! It was horrible! I wanted to stop! No one was helping me!

 

 

 

 

After far too long, the swing stopped spinning. Maybe Mom had stopped it.

 

“Are you done?” Mom asked.

I was crying too hard to answer her, so I walked away a little bit and collapsed on the ground.2

 

 

 

 

    1. The average age to overcome the impossibility of swinging one’s self on a tire swing is five.
    2. Β If I was annoyed at Mom for not saving me immediately, I had the right to be so, at least for 10 minutes. Akiva, on the other hand, has the right to be annoyed at me between the ages of puberty until his mid-thirties for letting him wear knee-socks, shorts, & loafers on the playground at age five.