Three things to love about a weekend change of scene...

Waking up in a new place.

Finding unique challenges (and things to chew).

Gaining a fresh perspective.

It sifts from leaden sieves, It powders all the wood (E. Dickinson)

All bundled up and ready to go,

Our little bunny's very first snow.

And, scroll down for a Christmas post..

Lucy's First Christmas, Warm and Bright

Presents wrapped just for her.

Sparkly red tights on Christmas Eve.

Grandma's chin.

Grandpa's chin.

New friends all around.

Ten things to love about today

Photos taken this afternoon in honor of one of Lucy's favorite bedtime stories, Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang

Ten chubby fingers, nice and brown

Nine tomatoes, rolling all around

Eight blue mugs in straight array

Seven giraffes, waiting to play

Six unmatched socks in a row

Five chocolate cookies, made with peanut butter dough

Four strong hands, two big, two small

Three new candles that smell like fall

Two squirming feet in a tiny heap

One perfect baby, fast asleep

Lucy's gramma's summer stations...

Perching at the crib.

Holding out the hooded towel.

Singing songs in the morning.

Welcoming Lucy

From very pregnant...



to watching the sun rise over the Boston skyline with little Lucy Lark.



We love her so.


Lucy from far away.




Lucy from nearby.




Holding Lucy close.

Three things to love about a visit from my dad...

Well, as the timing of this post shows, Lucy (this week the size of a melon) is starting to slow me down a bit. My dad's visit was a perfect break between lots of busy weeks at work trying to wrap things up before she comes and quite a few baby classes and appointments...

We took a little trip to Amherst for homemade onion rings and a visit to Emily Dickinson's house. These little white houses with her poems are everywhere right now.

My dad assembled Lucy's crib and rocking chair, put up her blinds and curtains, and a hundred other things we had been postponing for just the right moment. Isn't it starting to look ready for someone?

For his last night in town, we indulged Lucy's sweet tooth with these delicious ice cream samplers in the South End.

Around the house this March...

My silhouette isn't quite what it used to be.



First load of Lucy-laundry.


The house is full of picture books again. Only instead of writing papers, I'm planning to teach a workshop. Click here and scroll down a few and you'll see it in print:

Three Things to Love about February

Our first time back to Wilmington's blue skies since we moved! And a sweet stay at the Blue Heaven Inn--the last time I'd been there was with my mom, the night before my wedding.



Pre-Lucy nesting including the bright colors of this new shower curtain.



Enough flowers for even a thirtieth birthday.

A Very Lovable January

Making berry scones in my Christmas gift pan on a snowy Sunday morning.



A new job at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.



It's a girl! We found out that we're having a little Lucy.

Before the January cold snap hits Boston, three things to love about December

Christmas presents wrapped with care.



Taro milk tea. It's like a lavendar latte.



This tiny red puffer jacket that Sumanth brought home the other night and that will get some use during next year's cold snap.

Three Things to Love about November News...

These new giraffes came in the mail and have taken residence in our extra room...



As it turns out, next time the Christmas greens come out, we won't be the only ones to appreciate them...


Sumanth took a preliminary claim at primary colors for the nursery by buying this mobile at a Swedish gift shop in Chicago.

The baby is due June 13th, so whether it comes a little early or a little late, next June's post will be something to look forward to!

Three things to love about an October trip to NYC

Going up to the rooftop of the apartment we stayed in.



Seeing Sumanth's books at Word bookstore in Brooklyn. Don't they look so perfect all together on this little wooden shelf?



The original artwork of The Snowy Day at the Museum of Jewish History. Peter's footprints in his first snow made me feel up for another Boston winter.

Three Things to Love About September

Cupcakes from my new favorite spot for a Treat.


A BLT picnic on a blue sky Saturday in Rockport.


My new fall coat.