Wordless Wednesday: Beauty

I usually post photos of my sons here, or some other meaning laden thing.

But not today.

Listen to Your Mother is almost upon us.  It is sold out! A huge success already. Which is wonderful! But also? Adds to the pressure - it had better be perfect!

Good thing it's a staged reading; about the real, about the journey, so perfection is absolutely NOT the goal.

But I do have to take care of all those little last minute details, things that still need to be done to line up the ducks. No matter how much careful pre-planning has gone into a show, there are always those final few headless chicken days - and these are them.

So I need to take a moment of respite, focus on something simple: The found beauty of my fair city. Flowers along its streets and some yummy architectural details. All Instagrammed of course, for our enhanced enjoyment.

Wordless Wednesday: Spring has Sprung!

New York City abloom

Oh poor neglected blog child, once again I am ignoring you for the one who screams the loudest. Listen to Your Mother is eating your lunch in blogging energy. We have near daily "Meet the Cast" posts going up, sponsors are coming in fast and furious and they need logos to be set and up and linked and... and...

But it is Wednesday today, glorious in its Wordlessness. So I can toss a few recent photos up onto a page and call it a post. Hooray!

Actually, we have a bit of catching up to do, folks. So here's the past few weeks in pictures Instagram (my latest addiction)...

First? A few weeks ago Jake asked for and got his spring haircut:

Before: Gloriously shaggy

Just look at those about-to-go curls

After: Handsome and proud

Ethan, on the other hand? No haircut yet.

Here he is the morning of his class's mock trial for their colonial history unit (love his creative teacher). He's the lawyer defending the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre, and really wanted to dress the part. Hence the suit and red power tie.

Ethan is bemused by the incongruity of fancy suit and basketball

Speaking of Basketball, the season has sadly come to a close. Here are the boys proudly holding their trophies at their respective celebrations:

And finally? Spring has come early to New York City this year.  It seems like every branch and stem in the city has just violently burst forth into bloom. And I captured a few with my phone camera, because like my mother, I love flowers.

Enjoy the spring my friends! (The past few days' cold snap notwithstanding.)

Wordless Wednesday: What I Did on My Summer Vacation

For those of you who were reading me last year? This is going to look awfully familiar, because we were back at the in-laws' Great Barrington house again this year.

Which means a lot of swimming in the pool, Jake in love with the car, and me obsessed with the magnificent flowers in Patty's lovely garden. Wanna see?

Jake the fish

By the time I pulled out the camera, Ethan was already done, warming up in the sun

For those who doubt - see my husband does exist!

Flowers!

Big, beautiful flowers!

Ethan contemplating his new lefty mitt

Once again, Jacob delighted in watering the car

He takes his job very seriously

He even got Ethan to put down his glove and help out this year

Dude can get a little bossy

Jake supervising, Ethan pouring

Inspecting his work

Jake showing me where the hose is, to fill his watering can: "Go over THERE, Mommy."  If you know anything about autism, you know how important this photo is.

In a few years, Dude, in a few years. (Yikes!)

Brothers

Also? It was a really short trip this year. Rain, rain, rain, rain. But two glorious sunny days.

I could sit in this back yard forever

And then we headed home to pack up the boys for their week of camp. And for me to then drive back UP to the Berkshires 2 days later. This will definitely be known as the summer of the car. (And no, I'm not ever really wordless. Deal with it.)

And I’m linking up to Wordless / Wordful Wednesdays all OVER the place... at Angry Julie Monday... at 5 Minutes for Mom... at live and love...out loud... at Dagmar*s momsense... at Parenting by Dummies.


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Wordless Wednesday: Spring, Finally, Spring

First apple blossoms, Riverside Park, NYC

No one has been more ready for spring this year than I, spending too many frigid days pent up inside our small New York City apartment with two balls of nearly nine-year old energy who do not really get along.

I can't wait to toss us all outside on a weekend's day to rove the city's parks and encounter spring, finally.

The other day a new-found friend reminded me of the beauty of the apple and cherry blossoms in Riverside Park (otherwise known as "our backyard"), and then Monday, walking home, there they were in all their glory.

Me and my Dad, Riverside Park, 1998

I have always loved to walk among the flowering trees.


I’m linking up to Wordless Wednesday at Angry Julie Monday.


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