neighborhood

a neighborhood walk, just before sunset.

set it off

just thinking of this song today......

perhaps a bit about how I am feeling this new year....

I believe the above Mummers are from the Rabble Rousers Brigade...these were of the 2 photos that turned out.

Just a bit of follow-up to the Mummers parade....Vaudevillains came in second place in the Comic Division and here is video of their esteemed performance for those interested parties....& while your there, check out the other videos and enjoy.

A Mummery New Year

We celebrated this new years morning by venturing to Broad Street...to see the Mummers and in particular the Vaudevillains New Years Brigade. Our friends made up the Philly Phantasy Phorest and were excellent. Although my favorite mummer of the day is pictured above.

What fun the mummers are.......I am pissed I never made it a priority to partake in this long tradition.
Pictured above are the Vaudevillains...I did not take this photo...I found it on...myphl.com. Its a good one. Mine didn't turn out so well.

So my new years resolution is this,

perfect my strut.

Photo Picks of the Day

Milo and I choose some photos to share with you today. The first one is of an albino snake found in some crazy little animal park that we stumbled upon between Ellsworth and Mount Desert Island, Maine. Milo says he likes its colors.

The second two photos are snaps from 2004 when Milo was a wee one snuggled in the sling. We went to a music fest on the Western Promenade in Portland & met up with our friends Josh and Michael. We were fortunate enough that fine evening to make a new friend, Oakie, the Oakhurst Acorn. Oakhurst is a local Maine Dairy.

just because

Originally uploaded by zavodk.

oh dear me....I could not help myself from posting this photo....he is to me, like chocolate in human form....I simply can't get enough of his plump little self!

enjoying the weather

Originally uploaded by zavodk.

This past week it was in the 60's here in Philly and we celebrated with hike's a plenty. It was amazing to be out enjoying the sunshine and it gave me an opportunity to photograph Nathaniel in lovely outdoor lighting...yippee!
One of our goals this year is to hike early & often. Its sadly exciting to be enjoying a mild winter. Last year was brutal....snow and ice, living in a small Maine town with snowstorms into April.....so this year I will happily great the warm weather even if it doesn't necessarily feel, "right"....
Crafting Update:
Even though I haven't posted a craft sincec October, I have been crafting abundantly....for Halloween this year, Milo requested a green dragon....and this is what I came up with....

The pants, lord help me, were my first time sewing with a jersey fabric...there was much cursing involved, finally after discovering the right tension-stitch combination...it went ok....
the rest were an "ikea hack" of sorts, the patches on the shirt and pants are from ikea cushions and the head & tail were a stuffed dragon that I cut apart. I opened up the head of the dragon and added a stretchy gusset made from the excess sleeves of the shirt to keep the head on...it was a good gamble b/c he actually kept it on. For the tail I just attached a fabric belt and tied it around his waist, it had a nice effect of puffing up, making the tail stick out...twas cute. I was all up for giving him the wings....but he didn't want them.
All in all, I thought it was a charming costume....he definitely pulls off a dragon's behavior perfectly!