Weekend at Nanny's

Despite whopping four dollar a gallon gas prices, the family made an escape this weekend down to visit Nanny and DocDoc on the farm. Their land is out really and truly in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by farmland and a nature preserve and it is absolutely gorgeous this time of year (and through the summer, if you don't mind the humidity wilting you by 10 am.) After a two year saga, DocDoc's pond is finally full and holding water, much to the delight of the frog population, which is surging. To our delight, as well, as we got to sit out by the pond, roasting hot dogs and enjoying the frog-chorus. Jack proved again that he is one of us, a pyro at heart, and spent the whole night poking at the fire

-- when he wasn't walking around the pond with me seeing what he could find.

(What he could find turned out to be a baby frog. Isn't he cute? Terrified, but cute.) I have to admit to being a bit proud of myself for picking up little froggie. Count that as one of the talents motherhood has brough to me. In needing to appear nonchalant before my wildly exploriative son, I've found that froggies aren't half bad, really. This one was so small I couldn't even feel him in my hand.


Highlight for Jack, or so he thought, was getting to spend the night out in the caravan with Nanny. Stay tuned for an eyewitness report of how that went from the Old Girl herself. Meanwhile, enjoy these two shots. The first is of Jack's new hero, IndieInnie Jones. If you look closely at the table, you can see he's holding a whip. The hat is a Nannie original . She found it in a thrift shop and dyed it the right color -- apparently it took her three days of trying to get it dark enough!! The other shot is Mike's -- from a cool series he took while fiddling around with around with our camera.