Leif Vollebekk - Birthday Prezzie, Em

28, It's Great

as per usual, i am one month the wiser 

(and i say):

28!

It's GREAT

happiest of birthdays to you, ma beautiful belle.

 i love you

i look up to you

you are funny

and, well, 

what does luke wilson say in wedding crashers?

something about a soul's counter point?

basically, yes.

and i am really not sure of where i'd be 

in this world without you.

oh, look there we are: birthday twins in red. parfait.

one/love 

(not bono style, not at all)

HAPPY 28th EMMA

you little rascal.

baby of the world, no more.

JULIUS, 

YOU ARE 

TODDLER 

OF THE WORLD!

happy birthday.

i love you, you brilliant little bean.

actually, beam too.

the vegetable and the sun:

THAT'S YOU!

::::

happy birthday jubee.

p.s. friday bdays are the best 

but you don't know that yet!

xoxoxoxooxoxx

I LOVE YOU.

k

kendra's thesis.

you are almost there.

let your clothes be creased

and your fingers sore. 

love you.

Bon Voyage, Ma Belle

dearest emma,

i love you.

here's a little note for you 

on the eve of your BIG departure...

homeward bound!

xox

the East to West adventure has arrived....

it's going to be incredible, the three of you in your tiny little wagon

(SANS STUFF!)

::

OHHHH MY, EM

OH MY

i hope you see the BEST creatures (human and animal alike)

please record your sightings!!!

(a genuine must)

(example of 2 miraculous creatures)

::

::

You are about to traverse this expansive landscape

and witness sunsets abound

(and dingy motel rooms that smell)

::

Please make sure that you, Katy, and Jubers remain well nourished

if we're being honest, you should probably 

avoid most of this kind of nourishement.

(the gas station kind)

Instead, pull over and have a few of these

(roadside, beachside, riverside?)

AVOID THESE LITTLE GUYS

WHEN THEY ARE ALIVE & IN MOTION

(this will replace rule # 1 for the time being)
Actually, rule #1 still applies.

AVOID THE MOOSE = RULE #2 

I hope that you never, ever find yourselves in traffic like this!

::

But if you do hit a wall (of tired, or traffic)

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 JUST GET (LOTS!!!) OF THIS:

ZZZZZZZZZZZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG

(and just remember...)

i'll be the sun, you be the shine'in

::

i love you, em!

you're going hooooommmmeeeee

(hugs to katy bean & juliosaurus!)

botany in muddy march

yes, we have indeed prevailed through the murk of february! now comes the rains, and the mud. 

so julius and i escaped today. we went indoors to the wonderful world of the tropics, of the deserts, of places wet & dry, but most importantly, reasonably warm. 

i wished you could have been there!

there were moments that were idyllic (looking at the cinnamon tree together in blissful peace),

and moments less so (noteworthy: the picture of julius facedown on the bench).

we brought our magnifying glass. 

I MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

xxxo em.

just the best.

exotic, to the canadian's eye.

ze most beautiful creatures.

so much better than this:

ahhh, we humans.

love you kay.

happy heart day, em.

these are women in beautiful garb.

you're the sweetest, always. 

thank you for the wonderful & thoughtful prezzie.

IT'S SO CUTE!

please give one million valentine kisses to juberkins.

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st. valentine - e - e - e - e

this is a cat, doing a handstand.

day of love (i love you!)

these are arrows.

Back out in the Sticks Again (remember when you are makin' plans, you can't trust the weatherman)

You simply cannot trust the weatherman, babe.

PENTECOSTAL PREACHER

(diapers in a double wide)

Prettiest Tree on the Mountain

Well I'm leaving
Walking back home
I don't care if it takes years or more
But as I walk through the hills of Kentucky
The leaves begin to turn red

And I think of you
Yes, I think of you
The prettiest tree on the mountain

ben sollee. prettiest tree.

meatloaf

I HATE MEATLOAF.

it's disgusting.

why would anyone ever squish already-squished-up-meat 

into a pan and cook it to the point that it 

becomes even squishier hot meat mush?

(and worse...some of them put ketchup on it!)

ugh.

worst.

diamonds

phantogram - mouthful of diamonds

too.

(this one too)

obviously we are day drunk.

favourite times

i love this picture of us!

Hey! Ho! HEEEY!

on a quick spin through the ol' ipod, the subconscious "hey-hey-hey-ing" of the righteous hipster came to the forefront of my lobes when i literally listened to these three songs, on random, sequentially. 

i know you will enjoy this hey-hey-ing goodness. HEY HEY!

 1. Sharp Shooters.  (click me).

2. Luminescence. (click me).

3. Monsters! (click me). 

A Polar Coat of Bubbles.

1. Follow the link to the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjuxuG6shNY

and then let these words of summer, and warmth, and laughter wash over your frozen montreal bones. 

"I saw a bubble float past my window, fat and wobbly and ripening toward that dragonfly blue they turn just before they burst. So I looked down at the yard and there you were, you and your mother, blowing bubbles at the cat, such a barrage of them that the poor beast was beside herself at the glut of opportunity. She was actually leaping in the air, our insouciant Soapy! Some of the bubbles drifted up through the branches, even up above the trees. You two were too intent on the cat to see the celestial consequences of your worldly endeavours. They were very lovely. Your mother is wearing her blue dress and you are wearing your red shirt and you were kneeling on he ground together with Soapy between that effulgence of bubbles rising, and so much laughter. Ah, this life, this world."

- Marilynne Robinson. Gilead.