And I will call him Woody

After the rain the past week we noticed a HUGE woodpecker outside in the back yard.

The kids thought it was pretty cool and so did Susan and I.

This morning was the first chance to go outside and look at the yard.

Imagine Susan's surprise when she sees the new mulch around a dead tree we had.

Soon after she's got me out there looking.

I take the kids out when they wake from naps.
We look. We gape. I envision the work involved in cutting it down before it falls on the play house.

I love being a home-owner.

Miriam's Birthday party

I was emailing with a friend who mentioned that she liked the family bent of this wee bit of space on the web.

It was interesting that I hadn't expected it to be so familial. But the truth is that the family is the center of my life. My work schedule works around it. It's what I do with my free time. It's pretty dang cool!

So Miriam turned three Tuesday. She's not a baby anymore, she's a immature teen-ager.

We had a big party for her friends last Saturday between storms but Tuesday had a little something for the family. Pictures in the album on clicky.