Debussing

Lu Laoshi

Greatest elementary school teacher ever? Probably.

Skyline Sunrise

Monday Morning Inspiration

Never give up.

Gala

I was messing around with my tiny lo-fi camera at last night's gala. This picture is untouched; straight out of the camera - no filters.

Better to Laugh than to Cry

Julia's Circle of Life

Fauxcahontas and the Melting Pot

Ken Jennings on Twitter:

DID YOU KNOW? You can feed a lot of squirrels into those pneumatic tubes at the bank before the teller finds the shut-off switch.

Stormy Weather

Means there will be extra snuggling in this family.

21st Century Scratch Paper

Math. Showing her work.

Smell

Palate-Cleansing Photographs

For the purpose of getting that almost headless raccoon image out of my head:

Running

 

Basking

Yoga is for Everyone

Emily and I were sure we stumbled upon some weird voodoo on our morning run when we saw this unmoving, apparently headless raccoon on the route:

On the return trip there was more daylight which made it easier to see that the raccoon still had his head and was breathing. Slowly. I don't know how fast or slow raccoons are supposed to be breathing. I am not a raccoon expert. But he had a head and he was at least kind of alive so Emily and I were relieved that we were likely not in danger of being kidnapped by some weird voodoo cult members down on Cedar Lake.

And after further consideration, I'm wondering if we interrupted a raccoon yoga session. I think he was doing rabbit pose.

Karen's Daughter

I can't stop crying. This is my best friend's child. "CHILD," I said.

I said, "Child!"

Drawrings

Caine's Arcade

Mom told me about this story which she saw on the news this morning. Get a tissue. It's sweet.

Christmas Battle

Hope's school is selling memory books at each grade level as part of a school fundraiser. There is a preview of some of the students' contributions to the book.

Click "4th Grade" and keep scrolling to read Hope's, if you are so inclined.

XinXing Memory Books

Bunny

Every year I look forward to this picture from Emily. :-)

Mad Max Hope

Togetherness

Filter fun

Sleepy

Sleepy
Originally uploaded by WkHanson08.

Hope & Starbucks

Happy Friday

Funny from Meredith

Hope

Movie Night

off.leash

Not by me...

Created with cinemagr.am

Can't Beat Craigslist

90% of the kids' birthday presents come from Craigslist. Pretty sweet find for Hank's 12th.

Happy Birthday, Hank

Skilz

Please to be enjoying my daughter's homework snippits.

Disagreement over my opening bid

Disagreement over my opening bid.
Originally uploaded by WkHanson08.

Filter

If I ever make a scary home movie this is the filter I'm going to use.

Good Photo Subject

Tuck

WWPD?

Are you thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?

Photo Booth

The Secret Life of Hope

Conversation with a 6th Grader

"So what else does he do that gets him in trouble?"

"Sometimes at lunch he puts the lettuce on his head and says he's the king of lettuce."

...

"That's the only other thing he does with his head."

WOTE

Picture Taking is Hard [so is spelling these days]

I had never taken "head shots" of strangers before Sunday afternoon. I've always preferred to sneak up on my own family members and snap pictures of them when they least expect it. That's starting to make some of them mad, though, so I'm having to branch out and bother other people with my camera. When your subject expects you to take a halfway decent picture it makes me very sweaty and very nervous. Luckily, community theater subjects are kind of fun.