Finally!!

I didn't realize how badly we needed this. Craig and I decided the box set will be our Christmas gift to each other. Quality of life is UP.

Homemade Family Christmas Treasures!

While in Virginia, Uncle George gave us a beautiful wooden Nativity scene that fits sweetly in it's own custom wood box. A treasure... and today we received the Advent/Christmas Countdown calendar made chock full of felty love from the West Coast Dreyers. Thank you guys, we love it and yous!!

Thanksgiving 2010 - Virginia Burgesses

A great holiday spent with family. A vegetarian feast! Much gratitude felt and shared.
Some highlights...

A painting by Great Aunt Katherine - she studied art in Italy (my grandmother was with her) and is largely why we have painters in our family today. I don't think I would be where I am without her.

Caitlin, Aunt Joan, Connie and Claire

raking leaves in her new boots

Baby July napping in the leaves

big heart just add water

Finley loves Nora (who got the only hug given out:)

Traffic casserole cop





My uncle George is a artist too, with wood...

she is obsessed with croquet

Nora, one of her oldest girl friends Mei and Finley in between hide and seek games

My great grandmother Mary Belle Richardson (your welcome, Scott!)

Finley has finally outgrown Nora's loaner high chair :((( boo hoo.

a last snack in the chair

our block welcoming us home

november mish mash

the view these days running around park slope


another strange pumpkin in the slope


Some time after I took this picture I carelessly set my camera (the big one) on top of a stack of library books on top of her dresser. Yes, it fell. Yes, my lens was crushed. Yes, yes, I cried like a baby. Yes, it is being repaired for the big $ I don't have. This after a week of a stolen phone AND broken point and shoot. It has sent me on a spiral of - should I just sell it all? It's not like my big photography career is taking off. It took a couple days to breathe and decide that no, I am not selling. Well, maybe but only to save so I can upgrade. I love photography too much. I don't care if it remains a hobby my whole life. That said, I love this picture of Finley and Thomas, The Princesses. I look forward to not making the "death of camera" association when I look at it;)

Funny little iphone pic on the way to school

Tomorrow we drive to Virgina to partake of the thanks with cousins Phebe and Nora, Uncle George and Aunt Joan and others. We will not be blogging and wish everyone a yummy and Thank-Full holiday.

Dream Gig at The Beacon Theater!!

This year the 30th Annual John Lennon Tribute was a benefit for Playing for Change (who had several performers present and sang "Imagine" - so awesome!!) Craig got the call and I got to go! Here is the write up about it from Rolling Stone. The quality of these videos kind of suck and they are tiny because I was sitting 2nd row balcony and didn't want to be the annoying person with camera phone up in the air in people's faces. The pictures are a little better...

Here he is playing with Taj Mahal!! and Keb Mo - "You Can't Do That"


And here on flute with Jackson Browne "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (just one little Hey!)


Here is the flute solo at the end. He said that was the hardest part - staying cool and calm in the midst of the excitement and playing a slow, gentle flute solo. He really delivered the goods the whole show.


He also played some flute on "Day in The Life" with Cyndi Lauper and Jackson Browne but the video was no good. Finally we have "Power to the People" with everyone. The sound doesn't get right until about 11 seconds just in time for the sax solo. That's Patti Smith walking across the stage.


There was a lot of sitting around during the two days of rehearsals and gig. He got to hang out and talk with Jackson Browne and Keb Mo and unbelievably had a bite to eat alone with Taj Mahal!! For me the whole night was magic. What a bright star Lennon was, what a great project Playing for Change is, and what a musician our Craig D is!! As Finley says, "Rockin!!"