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Author Archives: Nathan

reading by the fire

Brianna and Ben reading a bedtime story by the fire.

new theme

Bri and I have been working on a new theme for this site for a few weeks now, and I’ve just switched it on.  The theme we’ve had for the past couple years we really liked, but we’d only made minor modifications and being a nice clean theme many other sites were using it too. [...]

morning light

Our backyard felt so magical in the soft light of this morning.  I found this small creature among the trees.

playing drums

Ben was doing some crazy banging on the table at dinner, which lead to some intense drumming after our meal.

Moving Day

Today we move to our new house. Ben and I have been awake since 4a, too excited to go back to sleep. Time to start the last-minute packing, which includes shutting down the computer..

snack snooze

not separate

Madeleine woke up coughing several times last night.  This morning I composed this poem for Bri:
She coughs;
not separate,
you wake.

Blueberry Muffins

Brianna made blueberry muffins early this morning as I was playing with Ben. While we were waiting for them to cool, I made this photo:

They were so delicious!

Teeth

Ben’s first tooth poked through his bottom gums last night. While he did have some pain, it seemed milder than some of the teething pain he’s had these past few weeks.
In other development, he’s been enjoying lots of rolling onto his belly and shows a strong urge to crawl. With a little balance [...]

Five Spice

I’ve finally gotten around to designing labels for the Five Spice sweet mead I bottled almost a year ago. I’m posting my perhaps-final draft of the design; comments welcome. I don’t do enough graphic design to buy any expensive tools for it, so I did this in Inkscape. The thumbnail links to [...]