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!
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.
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.
While Iris & Rethabille model matching outfitsβ
βAkiva behaves like a wild animal.
Quick!
Before school begins again!
Before this short summer ends!
Let’s go to some of our favorite places.
Remember this place?
We drive to Chloe’s house.
Where is Chloe?
Well, she is not here yet.
Remember this place? Remember this place?
* * *
Again. Again!
Each spring,
New goats
Spring like water from a fount:
they leap forth from mothers
and dive into arms.
A spring of goats:
a goatspring.
We walked through the woods and down to the island
carrying only a few essentials including water, cheese, and a small number of Little People.
“BBBBBBBBBBRRRRUMM!”
The Little People liked it there!
They drove over hills
and under bridges,
guided by the demigod-like little hands
of children.
Putta putta putta putta up the mountainβ
“AAAAAH! HELP! HELP! EMERGENCY! HELP!”
Phew. All’s well that ends well.
They drove to the scenic overlook,
guided by the demigod-like little hands
of children.
“Goodness! There’s a lot of trash here!”
“But you must admit, the scenery is beautiful.”
Credits:
Sequencing & storyline by Iris & Akivaβ
goofballs!
Photography & location management: Mama.
I made a cute little top for cute little Iris to wear on her cute little bike. It’s nice and short, so now she can bike all fancied-up without worrying about getting mud on her ruffles! Naturally, all that measuring and marking and cutting and pressing snipping and sewing calls for a photoshoot, so I took her down to the picturesque backdrop of greenery and water along the Massawippi River.
Iris: “Goodness gracious, not another photoshoot with adorable me wearing a cute outfit in a picturesque area along the Massawippi.”
Mama: “Fine. If you don’t feel like showing off your adorability, please at least hug your brother.”
(This almost always works.)
Iris (to Akiva) “Cheek-cheek?”
Akiva: “Are we cute?”