At The Farm

When my niece and nephews were visiting from Missouri last November, I asked my friend Jimmy Limit to take some pictures of them with Maddie and Adelaide for Filly & Foal. Since the weather was so nice, we went to Riverdale Farm, supplied the kids with some leftover Halloween candy, and followed them around for a highly entertaining hour. Three months later, I've finally gotten around to posting the pictures, and sent a few of my favourites off to be made into promo postcards, just in time for.... spring? Oops. Luckily they're cute enough that no will care, right? (Right?)

Gentle Giant

I've been thinking a lot about my Grandpa, Ronald Keith "Grumpy" James, and wishing I could be near him. When I was growing up, Grumpy was always there to take us grandkids out for bubblegum ice-cream, where he'd proceed to devour half our cones in one lick, under the guise that he was "helping with the drips". We would convulse in laughter when he showed us how he could open a neighbour's garage door with a click of his own button, and he delighted us further by steering the car home with his knees. Even after the amputation of his first leg, he still seemed so big and strong, and was amazingly adept at using the end of his crutch to twist up our shirts and yank us towards him for a hug. This is how I always think of him-- happy, mischievious, and affectionate. Even in the face of tremendous hardships, Grumpy has always been one of the sweetest, funniest, and all around best people I have ever known... or probably will ever know.
I love you so much Grumpy,
XOXO,
Lindsay, aka (The Orignal) Dizzy

Here are some photographs I had on my computer of my Grandpa through the years:

Mads & Dads

I just came across a bunch of pictures from earlier this year, of Maddie wearing one of her dad's baby sweaters. I had intended to use them for a father's day post, so Eric, Happy Father's Day (oops)!

Eric in the sweater, with his dad, circa 1986:

Maddie in the sweater, with some chalk, circa April of this year:

(She even wrote her first word that day, "Tim", which I'm pretty sure is an FNL reference.)

Disposable Camera

Some pictures from Utah, taken with an expired disposable camera. You might not like these, Calvin.