Sunday, August 31, 2008

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

cat toes


cat toes
Originally uploaded by valcox
I clipped his nails while he took a stretch nap.

shell with sheer


shell with sheer
Originally uploaded by valcox

marbles in hand


marbles in hand
Originally uploaded by valcox

Monday, August 25, 2008

Sunday, August 24, 2008

washing car


washing car
Originally uploaded by valcox
...in exchange for a ride to the mall. Rush gets his friends Billy and Shaun to help.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Friday, August 22, 2008

Thursday, August 21, 2008

he made a lot of new friends


he made a lot of new friends
Originally uploaded by valcox
we picked up Rush from summer camp in the Poconos. His arms were covered with little notes and phone numbers from new friends.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Monday, August 18, 2008

big cat, tall grass


big cat, tall grass
Originally uploaded by valcox

Sumo in the bushes


cat in bushes
Originally uploaded by valcox
hiding from the dog, he found a place in the shade. Captured through the bubbletop viewfinder of an Ansco Rediflex with a Nikon D2H back.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

miniature houses


miniature houses
Originally uploaded by valcox
when we're on vacation, Fred has grown accustomed to me shouting to stop the car. It can take hours longer to arrive at our final destination, than it should.

This place was well worth the stop. An entire block of miniature model homes, Wallenpaupack lakeside homes I suppose, built sometime in the early 1980's, several of them enveloped in ivy.

daisy


daisy
Originally uploaded by valcox

lounging


lounging
Originally uploaded by valcox

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Friday, August 15, 2008

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

peaches


peaches
Originally uploaded by valcox
Marie left for me a big bag of peaches from her garden, on my front step this morning. Most of them I've peeled in preparation for a pie or two, these few were not quite ripe yet.

vase shadow on red


vase shadow on red
Originally uploaded by valcox

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Monday, August 11, 2008

white eggplants


white eggplants
Originally uploaded by valcox

girl with toy


girl with toy
Originally uploaded by valcox
I met Jackie while she waited for her parents, and I waited for my husband at a roadside antique market. She told me all about her weekend vacation adventure. I told her all about mine.

sisters, jackie & cindy


sisters, jackie & cindy
Originally uploaded by valcox

Sunday, August 10, 2008

sugar plums


sugar plums
Originally uploaded by valcox
When I spotted this old Lustreware bowl on vacation in the Pononos and I knew it was destined to belong to me. I packed in carefully in the trunk.

We stopped at a farmer's market on the drive home. Sugar Plums, the farmer explained were very sweet yet had a short 3 week season in Pennsylvania.

I bought them under the guise of eating, but really all I could imagine was pairing them with my new bowl. Both were the first thing I unpacked when we got home this afternoon.

Friday, August 08, 2008

Thursday, August 07, 2008

congressman Murphy announces fastest zucchini


congressman announces winner
Originally uploaded by valcox
It's zucchini season in Yardley, so we invited our local congressman to judge who had the fastest zucchini racer. Small town America!

congressman murphy judges zucchini races


congressman's summer intern


congressman's summer intern
Originally uploaded by valcox

learning the ropes


learning the ropes
Originally uploaded by valcox
Fred teaches Rush how to tie knots for his upcoming Boy Scout conference.

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

purple onions


purple onions
Originally uploaded by valcox
The lady at the farmer's market insisted I would prefer these purple onions to the regular white ones. She was right.

does it make my butt look big?


Monday, August 04, 2008

Sunday, August 03, 2008

peach salsa


peach salsa
Originally uploaded by valcox
The farmer packing up my bushel of peaches suggested I try the tamillos with it. A peach salsa he explained. I must have looked skeptical because he tossed a few of these odd looking green fruits into my bag without charging me for them. He must have known once I tried it, that I'd be back for more next Thursday.

spooked cat


spooked cat
Originally uploaded by valcox

Saturday, August 02, 2008

pot of potatoes, reflected tomatoes


not drowning, waving


not drowning, waving
Originally uploaded by valcox

bed side clock


bed side clock
Originally uploaded by valcox
Fred gets up at 3:45am every day to catch the 5:01 train to Manhattan. I don't even have a clock on my bedside table.