Monday, February 27, 2006
Friday, February 24, 2006
I posted this from my Dashboard
There is a new Blogger widget available at apple.com that lets you do quick posts like this one. Pretty cool...
Monday, February 13, 2006
On Accident
The other day after picking Ezra up from school, we were driving by some houses and a little cat (like a teenager cat) ran out in front of our van. Because it was a neighborhood and a school zone I wasn't going very fast but I hit the brakes so I wouldn't hit the reckless little guy and waited a second before proceeding. I didn't feel like I hit anything but when I looked in my review mirror I saw the cat struggling to drag itself across the road. It was my first time ever hitting an animal. I pulled over, trying to figure out what I should do.
Asa was sitting closest to me and said, "What is it Mom? What happened? Why did you stop?" He has my talent for asking several questions all at once.
"Well Asa, I think I hit a cat."
"Hit a cat!! Did you kill it?"
"Umm, no. It is trying to walk." I said as I watched the cat in the mirror. About then I noticed three dogs standing on the sidewalk watching too. A big whitish/yellow dog, a medium size scruffy black dog and a little dashoundish brown dog.
As a child I loved the cartoons about animals, especially about dogs. There was one in particular about five stray dogs who had a lot of adventures together. My favorite was the dog with the red bandana.
I read books like "Amazing True Dog Stories" and would have liked, "The Dog Who Rescues Cats: the true story of Ginny." So sitting there in the car I watched the dogs looking up and down the road checking for cars before they cautiously approached the cat. I imagined them being friends even though dogs and cats aren't supposed to be.
Asa asked, "What is the cat doing now?"
"Well, I said, there are a few dogs walking out toward the cat."
Asa craned his neck to look out the back window but couldn't see much. "Why?"
"I think they are going to save the cat." As I said this the white dog carefully scooped the cat up in his mouth and they all quickly trotted over to a clump of bushes. I imagined them getting the cat some water and nursing it back to health. That is they way I explained it to Asa anyway.
Later I told the story of my first roadkill to Joseph. When I got the part where I told Asa that the dogs were saving the cat he said, "Yeah, saving it for later."
Asa was sitting closest to me and said, "What is it Mom? What happened? Why did you stop?" He has my talent for asking several questions all at once.
"Well Asa, I think I hit a cat."
"Hit a cat!! Did you kill it?"
"Umm, no. It is trying to walk." I said as I watched the cat in the mirror. About then I noticed three dogs standing on the sidewalk watching too. A big whitish/yellow dog, a medium size scruffy black dog and a little dashoundish brown dog.
As a child I loved the cartoons about animals, especially about dogs. There was one in particular about five stray dogs who had a lot of adventures together. My favorite was the dog with the red bandana.
I read books like "Amazing True Dog Stories" and would have liked, "The Dog Who Rescues Cats: the true story of Ginny." So sitting there in the car I watched the dogs looking up and down the road checking for cars before they cautiously approached the cat. I imagined them being friends even though dogs and cats aren't supposed to be.
Asa asked, "What is the cat doing now?"
"Well, I said, there are a few dogs walking out toward the cat."
Asa craned his neck to look out the back window but couldn't see much. "Why?"
"I think they are going to save the cat." As I said this the white dog carefully scooped the cat up in his mouth and they all quickly trotted over to a clump of bushes. I imagined them getting the cat some water and nursing it back to health. That is they way I explained it to Asa anyway.
Later I told the story of my first roadkill to Joseph. When I got the part where I told Asa that the dogs were saving the cat he said, "Yeah, saving it for later."
Friday, February 10, 2006
Catch up post
It's been a while since our last post. I guess the Christmas letter took too much out of us. :-) Since our last post, the Gasts new blog has taken off and they will soon surpass us in number of posts if we don't get on the ball! So here are a few pictures taken off our camera from the past couple months along with a little commentary...
Oh yeah, one minor change I've made to the layout of our blog... I think it is not obvious enough to see who the author of a post is the way Blogger has it set up by default. So I did a little rearranging so now it says who it is by at the beginning and is even color coded (green for Joseph, blue for Amy). OK. Now, on with the pictures.
Oh yeah, one minor change I've made to the layout of our blog... I think it is not obvious enough to see who the author of a post is the way Blogger has it set up by default. So I did a little rearranging so now it says who it is by at the beginning and is even color coded (green for Joseph, blue for Amy). OK. Now, on with the pictures.
Ezra and Asa check out the Nichols Christmas Calendar with "Ma" (their great grandmother).
Someone stole a shot of Amy and Eliot. I like this one a lot. We don't get that many pictures these days that are actually of Amy or me. Usually we are just in the background... Notice the abundance of drool coming from that baby!
Marlow in what appears to be a calm state as she stands at the barrier that separates her from the great outdoors and her big brothers.
Ah... there it is. The all-too-familiar begging state. Notice how merely giving her a cookie won't do the trick.
"I got a little bit dirty."
What a cute mess!
The grandkids at the Bollman grandparents house. Picture time proved quite challenging.
They calmed down long enough for a decent shot. Left to right: Marlow, Moriah, Ezra, Jack, Eliot, Asa, Mason.
Eliot and Aunt Marlow.
Marlow and Mason find their way out of the cabin...
... and set of to find adventure.
Back at home, Asa snaps a nice shot of the rest of the kids with Heidi (our neighbor).
Our latest project: The treehouse! Planning on putting the roof on this weekend...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
