Bonus post:

From Son of Childmecca, an excursion with Lomagirl and her two ridiculously cute kids! Hadn't seen them since just after Christmas, so this was fun! (I'll post more on Flickr.)

Colorful "jellyfish"

Dinosaur who sells sunglasses

A newly made bug, who seems to be getting into the part just fine

A newly made bug who is still wrestling with his identity

[The 3D show from It's a Bug's Life is terribly cute. We hadn't seen it before. It's cleverly done, and at one point, it's downright scary. It's always fun to go to places like this with little people! We get to see things we don't normally go see. These two were troopers, and I think they had fun.]

Going gardening 2

And now for the garden's fauna (loosely applied). Heh.

Approaching the edible garden catwalk.

Through a window at the Boddey house.

Pensive POM.

She was pondering these.

Our hiding and silent buddy, biding his time till sun and people go away.

Lost in play

Sweetniece

If you hate cute overload or excessive cute-kid pics, just skip this post. :-)

Waifish adorability

Shhh! The baby's sleeping!

Favorite place for finger.

Yeah. I'm cute.

One of my best poses.

Series with ball.

Crash.

Yeah, I meant to do that. Ain't I cute, though?

Another of my good poses.

Auntie loves this one with the sunsetty light on my fair lashes.

Got a cheeto on my foot.

Ate the cheeto from my foot.

What?! I had to get it off my foot, and why waste a perfectly good cheeto? It's why my immune system is so good!

Lovely light and pose with Mumma.

Tossing the cheeto, in action!

This is my head-on-shoulder pose. It's one of my regulars.

Cheesy powder fingers, headed the way of the lens! Smirk, smirk.

Another stock pose.

Auntie CGM and I are cracking up!

"Ta-ta?" Which is to say, "Can I see myself on the camera screen?"

Those windshield wipers are cool!

Yeah, I'm a driving stud.

I can wrap my arms around this wheel, no problem!

More friends' kids!

This boy, at six months old, is wearing 24-month clothing. Are they changing those sizes for bragging purposes, like they did with women's clothing?

Friends' kids...

...are the best! All the cute, none of the cleanup. :-) How lucky we are! Just look at this precious round face!

I love leather!
Smiley!
No more paparazzi, please!
My thoughtful pose.
Oh, what was I thinking?
My official wide-eyed, long-lashed, cute-as-hell pose.

Da Chilluns...

...dey is growin' up! Too fast, sez I. What to do? Nuthin'. Oh well.





These beautiful babies is all legs and lank now. Models, they could all be. And smart as whips, they are. Being aunties is way cool.

Baybeh, baybeh, baybeh!

Lord, the kid is cute! Even though he was sleepy and nap-interrupted and eye-rubby, he maintain a lovely countenance, indulging us with smiles, thumbsucks, and even a laugh.

Saturday Sun, Before the Rain

A virtual filmstrip, if you will, of our sunny morning and early afternoon, a brief respite from the spate of rain we are gratefully receiving.

First, my kingdom for a tall building, so as to have photographic access to the INCREDIBLE mountainscape that lay before our eyes this morning. This is about a once-in-a-decade sight. All of the mountains to the north of us were blanketed in brilliant white. We're usually breathtaken at the taller peaks covered in snow. But this -- this was amazing. Sadly, I could not get high enough to take a representative shot...at least not without driving for miles. Click on this photo, and you'll have a taste, at least.

Second, the new railroad fixtures at renovated crossing. I have always been in love with railroads and their accompanying features. I think they speak to the wanderer in my soul -- of possibility, of potential, of progress.

Third, poles and the coming clouds that are currently watering our urban hamlet.

Fourth, dear friends' son, baby CB, is learning how to suck his thumb. Prodigy! (Be sure to note the Michelin-baby wrist.)

Fifth, attitude development, at 12 weeks, no less!

Sixth, baby CB finally naps.

Seventh, incredible tree in incredible sun, downtown Orange, post-brunch.

Eighth, my favorite potato bush and go-to photo subject, up against the garage.

Ninth, guava tree in backyard. The word that comes to mind every time I behold this specimen is "pregnant." We've been bingeing on the guavas this month.

Tenth, the blood oranges are ripening, the blood oranges are ripening! I can hardly contain my excitement. We have about 15 fruits on our little tiny whiskey-barrel tree. The sad part is that I have about 15 different recipes I want to try with them, so that's probably not enough fruit. I guess I'll have to be choosy.