Photography, The Pea | Posted by Jannie on 10 January 2011 @ 1:18 PM
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One time a girl and her mother stepped out of a Honda
in Austin, Texas onto the grounds of a castle in Spain.
Or was it Italy?
The Mother gets those romance lands all mixed up.
Anyhoo, the Girl and The Mother
lunched on linen (or at least pretended to,)
then strolled the grounds with parasols
down the statued path
through the gazebo garden
past wide palms
and ancient oaks
to the marsh at the lake.
(Marsh left to your imagination.)
And eventually back to the Honda again.
This Honda… (You’ve seen it before enricing my her life.)
(‘cept these days I, whoops — I mean “The Mother” is back in a Toyota.)
After The Mother posts this she will lunch,
then Google the chords for “All Along The Watch Tower,”
which she is excited about learning on her blue Pignose guitar,
the guitar The Child was playing in this photo when she was 5,
the guitar The Mother got when she was in The Funsters band.
The Mother is thinking those chords might come in handy
for a new song she is writing called “Banana Seat Bicycle.”
Then The Mother will head out to lop 10 small tree branches to
start making table centrepieces for the big gala next month.
(That last part is the God’s-honest truth!)
(More in a future post, on what may end up being 60 centerpieces!)
See y’all later, my Cuties!
xoxo
* Laguna Gloria Museum in the heart of Austin, Texas — formerly a private villa, now a gallery and art school. (Lovely pix to see by clicking that link.)
All these broken-arm girl photos taken at Laguna Gloria with The Mother’s iPhone 3GS, June, 2010. Child was then 8.
The Pea | Posted by Jannie on 12 December 2010 @ 10:45 PM
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I leaned the wrapped tree against the wall and walked back to pay the lady.
When I turned around guess who was doing what to the tree? Yep!
All less-than-50 lbs of her schlepping that thing to me.
Tree weighs around 30 lbs.
(She did not drop it!)
I like that kid.
Cute as all get out. Even in unimpressive quality iPhone photos.
(I’m pretty sure I overheard elves talking about a better camera coming my way Christmas morning. But don’t let on to the elves, okay? I’m still on probation with them over that whole whiskey in Santa’s milk thing last year.)
But back to that kid.
She comes in real handy.
Like today, decorated the tree all by herself.
Now that’s my kind of decorating! I sit in my comfy chair watching The Child create the magic.
