tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374378782024-03-07T18:53:16.849-08:00everyday dreamer.finding the marvelous in my mundane.mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.comBlogger679125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-33703549435500392732014-09-09T14:36:00.000-07:002014-09-09T14:36:06.531-07:00katie in london<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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it was one of our final days in london.<br />
the countdown was in its final hours as we readied ourselves to transfer to a cottage in the midst of the english countryside. <br />
i was feeling anxious.<br />
we only had a few hours left to do the ONE thing i wanted to do whist in this city.<br />
(kind of not true, there were a lot of things i wanted to do while there. but this one i REALLY wanted to do.)<br />
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i hadn't added this activity to our list before leaving for london. i only heard about it after we arrived.<br />
a friend from america (hi, sarah!), actually sent me a link in regards to this recent london landscape change.<br />
all throughout the city, there had been benches placed, at different intervals, along different walking paths.<br />
these aren't your traditional benches.<br />
they are shaped as books that have been left open, revealing some of the world's most famous and beloved books.<br />
peter pan. alice in wonderland. how to train your dragon. agatha christie's poirot. paddington bear.<br />
there are over fifty benches scattered about the city.<br />
it's called <a href="http://www.booksabouttown.org.uk/" target="_blank">books about town</a>. <br />
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while very fun and cool, this book bench phenomenon didn't reach high onto my "must-do" list until i saw that there was a "katie in london" bench, fashioned after the fantastic read by the same name.<br />
hello?<br />
katie in london? sitting on a "katie in london" bench?<br />
it had to happen.<br />
you see now, why, with only one day left before we were set to ride the rails out of the city, i was getting a little desperate to locate, what i considered, MY bench.<br />
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that's the thing about these benches.<br />
they're not huge with spotlights shining down on them from nearby trees.<br />
they're quite inconspicuous actually.<br />
we ran across a few by accident but as it turns out, we had been right next to "my" bench on three separate occasions without realising it.<br />
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the "katie in london" bench is located right next to the tower of london, one of the most popular london attractions.<br />
we had been to see it twice, once just because we were close by and then another time to show john the world war I installment they have displayed right now (another post for another time).<br />
we had also been right by the tower on our way to another monument.<br />
so you see, we should have seen the bench.<br />
should have. but hadn't. <br />
the fact remained: i needed to sit on my bench!<br />
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so we set out with the bench our solitary goal.<br />
and had a load of fun in the process.<br />
the pictures tell the tale:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we started the afternoon's adventure with a picture perfect postcard moment from a stop not far from where we disembarked the tube (i had become quite adept at navigating the underground with four children in tow by myself by this time. john was to join us later). </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we discovered that we had wandered into Hay's Galleria, a small market square full of shops. we stopped to ponder the sculpture in the centre of the square and then continued on our way. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">our tube stop (london bridge) left us on the wrong side of the bridge to see my bench first off, but we were able to find some other benches along the way while we waited for john to find us. (i honestly don't remember which one this was!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">quite possibly one of my most favourite sights. she is beautiful. breathtaking. seriously.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another bench! this was lauren child's "clarice bean". lauren child is also the author/illustrator of my kids favourite, "charlie and lola" so this was an instant hit with them. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">while we were waiting for john to find us, we heard a few chimes of a bell and watched as the people gathered on the side of the thames. we had no idea was was about to happen but joined the throngs anyway. turns out, one of elijah's "must see in london" list items was about to get checked off. the tower bridge was opening!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more benches. no doubt why this one was popular with the kiddies...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and alice in wonderland. all the previous benches were gathered in a circle around "more london", right next to the mayor's office building.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">in order to see MY bench though, we had to cross over this amazing structure. this was my fourth trek across but it still captures me indescribably. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">i had to...i mean really. i had to...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the kids were hungry. isn't that always the case? we paused our trekking to partake of some classic pub fare. bellies full, we continued on...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...across the bridge into an amazing evening. most of the afternoon had threatened rain which scared most of the tourists away. we were rewarded for our diligence by this view, yes, but also an almost empty walking path across the bridge (a rare sight if there ever was one!).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>finally!</b> finally we make it to my bench, just as the sun was setting.
and yes, i brought along my copy of the book. it's a fantastic read. i
highly recommend.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the back of the bench. photos courtesy of elijah!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and as we slowly turned away and headed toward home, taking the long way beside the thames, we got to see some of our favourite london sights turn on their lights for us...tower bridge, of course...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the shard (elijah loves this building for some reason)...</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRtYG2p4wBi8y5Bno3WjomW4FsM1PixLLn0TIeNe8Xb0y3Y_AY2T8W9DyEmzgwLoaZDHz0sc_fW8xj6h9xidRU3-mi_C_nv3UbyaIZlbSYf7L0NGsPbRU3I_8GAAtD3fuBoo2tA/s1600/IMG_4698.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRtYG2p4wBi8y5Bno3WjomW4FsM1PixLLn0TIeNe8Xb0y3Y_AY2T8W9DyEmzgwLoaZDHz0sc_fW8xj6h9xidRU3-mi_C_nv3UbyaIZlbSYf7L0NGsPbRU3I_8GAAtD3fuBoo2tA/s1600/IMG_4698.jpg" height="640" width="426" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and the monument to the great fire. we hopped on the tube right outside this eerie sight. </td></tr>
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<span id="goog_1734621930"></span><span id="goog_1734621931"></span>and that's the story of how i finally got to take a picture with my bench.<br />
katie in london, sitting on "katie in london".mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-36842207925395807192014-09-04T14:06:00.003-07:002014-09-04T14:06:57.110-07:00a do-over, please?we have only had a few disappointments during our time in london.<br />
missed a train. well, poo. that stinks. oh well. we caught the next one. <br />
got lost. of course. took us longer to get there but we finally arrived.<br />
restaurant closed when we got there. good thing london has thousands of eateries. we ate well at a lovely cafe down the street.<br />
<br />but there was one day that i really wish we could do again.<br />
a do-over. please.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">outside the natural history museum</td></tr>
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it was a thursday. the london attraction on our agenda was the natural history museum. i was actually looking forward to it. i had done my research. according to the guide books, if you could only visit one museum with kids in london, this was it. even over the british museum and its amazing mummies. the building is historic, the exhibits world class. the royal family had prince george's first year photo shoot there for goodness sake! and best of all, they have dinosaurs. you enter through the main door into a grand hall, flanked by gigantic stone stairways and right down the centre of the hall is a monstrous dinosaur skeleton. a beautiful, ancient thing. our visit was going to be epic. <br />
<br />
in hindsight, however, i can see there were four different items that combined to make this the worst museum visit ever.<br />
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1. we went in JULY. peak tourist season. what's a great activity for your london agenda? a stroll through the natural history museum. the museum website states that the museum plays host to over 5 million visitors in a year. about half of them were there that thursday. <br />
2. we went on a RAINY DAY. what's a great activity for a rainy day? a stroll through the natural museum. half of london had the same thought.<br />
3. we went in the AFTERNOON. what's a great activity for after lunch? a stroll through the natural history museum. "why don't we work off those fish and chips with a wander through the halls of the natural history museum?" "i say, old chap. now there's a thought!"<br />
and the last reason: <br />
4. we didn't know this at the time but we went on the one day the london teachers decided to go on strike. so, you guessed it. what's a great activity for a forced day off from school? a stroll through the natural history museum.<br />
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we waited in the queue that snaked its way out of the main doors almost all the way to the underground station more than a block away. that should have alerted me to the chaos that waited for us inside the building. and chaos it was. i didn't know i suffered from claustrophobic until that day. literally. we were shunted along by a sea of people. we could hardly even look at the exhibits. i was thankful i didn't bring the buggy with me as there was no way i could have manuouvered a stroller through that madness. as it was, samuel was stuck to my back (in the carrier, obviously), crying half the time because he wanted to get down and crawl for a bit. but there wasn't even a small corner of a room where i wasn't worried he would get absorbed into the melee. the phrase wall-to-wall people now has an image attached to it for me.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">i had to wait about ten minutes to get a shot that only had MY three kids in it, as opposed to sixteen other kids as well.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">not sure what it is about platypus, but they love them!</td></tr>
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we did our best to make it fun for the kids, to see the things that interested them. we picked up two rucksacks (that had just been turned in by other kids) that had kid appropriate maps and activities and explorer hats (lucy is wearing one in the top photo). elijah got to see a platypus - a definite highlight. another must-see bit was the escalator that took us up through the centre of the earth. quite exciting for the littles. and even though i was hyperventilating slightly while we were pushed along by the crowds, the kids really did enjoy seeing the amazing dinosaur skeletons and the very life-like tyrannosaurus model. <br />
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so. in all honesty, the visit wasn't THAT terrible. the kids enjoyed themselves, even if we denied them a trip to the gift shop. (another queue just to get into the shop? no thank you.) but i would jump at the chance to go again. as long as it's on a day that the other half of london doesn't decide to go as well.<br />
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<br />mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-24217720142718283322014-08-18T01:42:00.001-07:002014-08-18T01:42:20.548-07:00it's the most wonderful time of the year.......<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">taken outside the british library.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">they were matching. so i made them take a picture. and they actually cooperated. amazing.</td></tr>
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<br />
yup.<br />
the most wonderful time of the year.<br />
no...not december and christmas.<br />
but rather, august and the beginning of SCHOOL.<br />
my instagram feed has been littered with snaps of well-groomed children in their back-to-school best.<br />
hair combed. brand new shoes tied. backpacks strapped to their backs.<br />
smiles of excitement, apprehension and reluctance (sometimes all three in one smile!).<br />
<br />
and here we are.<br />
living in london.<br />
not as residents...but as visitors in a foreign land.<br />
so my children will not be joining the throngs.<br />
i won't be forced to battle the back-to-school store aisles, tussling over the last pack of pencils.<br />
i won't have to suffer the cheque book shock of filling closets and drawers with school appropriate clothing.<br />
i won't have to cringe when the too-helpful shoe store sales person tells me that my son AND daughter no longer fit children's size shoes (elijah has been out of the smaller (therefore cheaper) child's size shoes for some time. but i'm truly afraid lucy will be out of them this autumn as well).<br />
i won't have to sigh when little sister starts pouting and whining because her siblings get all these new, fun supplies and clothes.<br />
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i won't have to endure the back to school scramble.<br />
not this year anyway.<br />
and i really should be thankful.<br />
grateful that i can take advantage of discounted school supplies and clearanced clothes.<br />
<br />
i SHOULD be grateful.<br />
and i am.<br />
i am sincerely glad i won't have to suffer through the madness this year.<br />
but...<br />
i'm also a bit sad.<br />
sad to be missing that special <b>first day</b>. <br />
especially as this was to be lucy's first day of kindergarten.<br />
a milestone if there ever was one.<br />
and that makes my heart heavy.<br />
yes, they are having an experience of a lifetime.<br />
and yes, they will be back in school soon.<br />
and yes again, i am doing school work with them here at home.<br />
but still...<br />
still i'm disappointed.<br />
just a bit.<br />
<br />
to combat my feelings of disappointment, i did what i do best.<br />
i got my camera out.<br />
stuck their faces in front of it.<br />
asked them questions about what they most looked forward to about the coming year.<br />
and it helped.<br />
a bit.<br />
i'm so glad for these snaps...but will be thankful once they're safely ensconced in their appropriate classrooms.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"what are you looking forward to most about school, lucy?" ...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FRIENDS. (oh this girl misses her friends!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and learning how to read. really read. so i can read stories to sam! (she loves pages through books, telling the stories by looking at the pictures. she can't wait to know what the words say though...)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"second grade, elijah. what are you looking forward to about second grade?"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and maths. (to which i asked "why maths?"...to which he shrugged and answered, "because it's easy." hmmm...he did NOT get that from me!) </td></tr>
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<br />mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-60199206456336344212014-08-13T09:22:00.001-07:002014-08-13T09:22:57.261-07:00can it be true?it was a few days after the fact. <br />
I realised I hadn't taken a snap of Sam at nine months.<br />
not a huge deal...but still.<br />
a moment I wanted captured.<br />
conveniently, we were out at a local park when I had the thought...so I just plopped Sam in the grass and started snapping away.<br />
Sam wasn't exactly thrilled with a camera in his face and this was all I was getting from him: <br />
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smirks and less-than-thrilled expressions.<br />
handsome, yes.<br />
smiling, happy, nine month old? no.<br />
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this was as close to a smile as I got:<br />
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so I asked his siblings to aid in the cause.<br />
they stood behind me and danced and sang and yelled and jumped up and down over and over again.<br />
but instead of hilarity and smiles, he gave us this:<br />
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oh! quite the sad face!<br />
and we laughed at his pout and gave him kisses and tickles and cheered him right up. <br />
but goodness...is there anything cuter?mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-69785424101435215792014-08-07T08:24:00.000-07:002014-08-07T08:24:29.642-07:00craving home.it's august!<br />
do you know what that means?<br />
it's time to start thinking about christmas!<br />
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no seriously.<br />
seriously.<br />
i'm only slightly kidding.<br />
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if you know me at all, you know that i despise summer.<br />
okay.<br />
maybe i don't despise it.<br />
perhaps loathe in a better word.<br />
okay. okay.<br />
there are things i do love about summer.<br />
nectarines and raspberries.<br />
sun-tanned toes.<br />
the way the sunlight slants through the trees on its way to make morning on the other side of the globe.<br />
those things.<br />
i do love those things.<br />
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but come august, i am ready to be done.<br />
done with summer.<br />
i want snow and ice and dark nights. <br />
my stores of patience for hot days have been wholly depleted.<br />
my taste for tomatoes has waned.<br />
the nail polish on my toes has long since chipped.<br />
i long for fires in the grate, sweaters and socks.<br />
for twinkle lights and snowflakes. <br />
to bake breads and muffins and cookies without worrying about the heat from the oven.<br />
i start pinning christmas decorations and gift ideas to my pinterest boards.<br />
dreaming of days when the yarn of my knitting projects won't stick to my sweaty palms.<br />
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oh winter.<br />
come soon!<br />
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in this particular season of life, i am even more desperate for the changing of seasons ceremony.<br />
winter means i will know.<br />
know where we are living.<br />
where my kids will be going to school.<br />
where we will find community and a church body to fellowship with regularly.<br />
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i don't mind this not knowing business so much...<br />
not really.<br />
but it is wearing.<br />
there is a part of me that wants to make plans.<br />
to buy season appropriate clothing.<br />
to have my craft stash within reach to actually make the pins i'm pinning.<br />
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i'm not sure what the autumn and winter seasons hold for our family.<br />
we're enjoying this adventure while it lasts.<br />
but it will be a reprieve to my soul to finally settle somewhere.<br />
set up shop.<br />
dig down some roots.<br />
have a <b>home</b>. <br />
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maybe that's why i'm craving christmas and all those wintery, homey comforts.<br />
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<br />mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-19181705569750365772014-08-05T02:30:00.002-07:002014-08-05T02:30:47.874-07:00technology crisis.I posted this on my instagram account yesterday:<br />
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so. there's a reason i haven't posted in a while.</div>
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my phone has completely crapped out.</div>
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ugh.</div>
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i can't use the whole right side of the touch screen.</div>
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which isn't a problem if i can reorient the screen horizontally.</div>
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but...for those apps that don't reorient (ahem instagram), i literally can't post anything.</div>
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because i'm in another country, i can't get a new phone until i get back.</div>
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therefore:</div>
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for now, if you want to see our adventures, please visit my blog.</div>
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i will do my best to get it caught up this week.</div>
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thanks for the love!</div>
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what does that mean for this space?</div>
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hopefully, that i will be posting much, much more!</div>
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it also means there will be more phone snaps on here as well (though those will decrease in number as i get caught up on my pile of editing because i actually can't use the camera on my phone anymore either).</div>
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i'm bummed that my phone is being lame but i'm also a bit excited about this forced sabbatical from handheld technology. </div>
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i'm hoping to write more. </div>
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edit more.</div>
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post more.</div>
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we shall see.</div>
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some sneak peeks of posts coming, all taken with an iphone:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a supremely hot walk across Green Park...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paddington Bear in Paddington Station...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tower Bridge!</td></tr>
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after the War Rooms, we were starving so we found a pub nearby for lunch. we loved walking the streets of London, waving at the Horse Guards, counting red telephone boxes and watching for peeks of Big Ben.<br />
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mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-84792232263857315992014-08-03T05:04:00.000-07:002014-08-13T08:59:24.722-07:00painting watercolours with a camera.poking about someone's garden, when they're not with you, is a bit like paging through their diary or peeking into their cupboards.<br />
when we first arrived at the home we're renting and i took my first trip around their allotment, i must admit to feeling a bit awkward.<br />
like i needed to be furtive, clandestine.<br />
as we've lived here more than a month, that feeling has worn off, of course, and we feel quite at home.<br />
i find myself wandering about, camera in hand, enjoying the landscape and garden beds.<br />
it isn't a traditional english garden.<br />
or even a very embellished one.<br />
no frills, no fuss.<br />
just lovely, growing things. <br />
lots of raspberries and blackberry brambles.<br />
an apple tree or two.<br />
a few over-grown tomato plants.<br />
poppies.<br />
roses.<br />
other varieties of flora that my american, non-gardener self doesn't recognise.<br />
my photographic eye has always been drawn to green, growing things.<br />
to nature and creation.<br />
the patterns and colours and shades and shapes capture me<br />
and i find myself pressing my camera to my face, composing image after image after image.<br />
i don't usually post these images...or even do much with them at all really.<br />
i feel most might find them boring.<br />
would prefer pictures with faces, people.<br />
but i thought i would post a few here today.<br />
just some of the snaps my mind and eye saw on one of my walk-abouts a few weeks ago.<br />
it was a dreamy kind of day...<br />
the kind where the sun and clouds play chase and tag and peek-a-boo.<br />
the air was a bit hazy.<br />
heavy with summer.<br />
even the bees seemed to feel it as they bumbled along, slower than their usual scramble.<br />
my eyes painted watercolours, and my camera clicked along. <br />
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<br />mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-18615671968469313172014-07-26T13:51:00.002-07:002014-08-03T05:05:31.202-07:00the best laid plans...one thing about traveling, with kids or without, is the need to be flexible. we set out each day with an itinerary but most of the time, we tend to deviate from it. sometimes by choice, sometimes not.<br />
this particular day, it wasn't by choice. we were trying desperately to make it to Buckingham Palace in time for the Changing of the Guard ceremony. but every which way we turned, time slipped away. by the time we arrived anywhere near Buckingham Palace, the ceremony was nearly over. so, we adjusted our plans and had fun anyway.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">front row of the top of a double-decker: the best spot to be.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">so.many.stairs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">waiting for the tube...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">he LOVES riding the tube...always peppering me with questions as we ride: how long does it take to go from the first stop to the last? does the driver get bored? how many stops left? does the same driver drive the same train every day? how fast does the train go? and on and on and on and on...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">always escalators...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">original double-decker.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sitting in Green Park.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sibling love in Green Park.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more Green Park.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buckingham Palace. and yes, the Queen was home!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hanging on the gates, trying to get the guards to wave at them.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">not sure why it was constables this day, it was royal guards the next time we stopped by the Palace.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">i wonder what it's like inside. if she likes living there. if she likes being the Queen. i wonder...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">back through Green Park.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another unplanned stop! HARRODS! we only browsed the toy section...oh...and the chocolates.</td></tr>
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<br />mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-37377447191250689582014-07-23T12:02:00.000-07:002014-07-26T13:56:24.551-07:00one thing we must do...a lot of our conversations before we left for our trip started with the sentence: what's the one thing we MUST do whilst in London? there were different answers every time but one refrain remained constant: we MUST see the royal guards. these guards hold a particular fascination with my eldest son especially. I'm not sure the reason or what started it but of course, this was one dream we had to help come true. we even brought along proper attire:<br />
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mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-50829534218533230252014-07-23T09:15:00.000-07:002014-07-23T09:15:16.114-07:00kenwood house.one of our first outings in London involved a bit of history, a bit of walking and a bit of yummy food. those three things seem to be the theme of this trip.<br />
we ventured over to kenwood house, a historic mansion near hampstead heath (a large park in London).<br />
we had a bite to eat, then wandered through the house. it felt a bit like a museum to the kids, so after a peek at the fantastic miniatures collection, we headed outside onto the grounds. there is a lovely walk-about around the gardens with loads of places for the kids to run and climb. that was definitely their favourite bit. well, that and the ice cream cones. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">giggle box!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pretty much my favourite colour. ever.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bridge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the back of the house as seen from the walking trail.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the ancient wood, as my children dubbed it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">he loves it when he gets out of the buggy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">seriously. this kid will climb anything.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">running, racing...anything to get rid of that energy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the funny face tree on the way out to the main gates. can you see his crazy face?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another funny face.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">waiting for the bus...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">heading home. finally tired.</td></tr>
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for more information about kenwood house, please visit:<a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/kenwood/" target="_blank"> kenwood house</a>mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-14978587964575672252014-07-20T08:34:00.000-07:002014-07-23T09:15:46.102-07:00settling in...a few snaps from the beginning days in our London home:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a bit of colouring at the dining room table</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">breakfast is her favourite meal of the day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">naptime...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">he likes to drink his tea with a spoon.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">evening light. after the rain.</td></tr>
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mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-48272437371567793282014-07-15T12:51:00.001-07:002014-07-15T12:51:17.190-07:00kentish.originally, when we started planning this trip, I was hesitant to leave London so shortly after arriving to head out into the countryside.<br />
but I also anticipated that we would need a bit of a break from traveling.<br />
a respite.<br />
a chance to truly acclimate ourselves to the new time zone and recover from the craziness of culture shock.<br />
have a few home cooked meals.<br />
watch a lot of movies (Charlie and Lola in particular).<br />
run about. play.<br />
a short stint in the Kent area was exactly what we needed.<br />
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I am so thankful we were able to do just that. <br />
a week in the English countryside.<br />
b.l.i.s.s.f.u.l.<br />
truly.<br />
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I didn't want to leave.<br />
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the week felt so...English.<br />
everything I imagine life to be in this country.<br />
morning strolls down the lane, mug of tea in hand. <br />
breezes rippling the grasses.<br />
a pub lunch with appropriate beverages and nosh.<br />
doing life with friends.<br />
laughing.<br />
sunshine and rain.<br />
sipping Pimms on the cricket green.<br />
Jaffa cakes. loads and loads.<br />
laughter.<br />
ah yes.<br />
English country life is grand.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bricks and red doors. two of my most favourite things.</td></tr>
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life in the English countryside.<br />
there's not much else like it.mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-24468403520790919382014-07-09T11:17:00.001-07:002014-07-09T11:17:43.624-07:00london - at dawntime zones are a funny thing.<br />
we did our best to trick our bodies into adjusting with minimal fuss.<br />
however, there will always be a bit of adjustment. <br />
and sometimes more than a bit.<br />
especially when one travels halfway around the world.<br />
nine hours ahead of where we departed.<br />
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the only bonus to waking up at 4:30 in the morning was the fact that I was able to escape our hot hotel room at the break of dawn to prowl around the unusually quiet streets of London. <br />
supposedly in search of a banana for the smallest wee man.<br />
but really.<br />
really.<br />
I wanted to be alone on the streets of the city I love.<br />
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here's a few things I saw:<br />
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after my wanderings, I came back to find this:<br />
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we waited until seven am...and then found this:<br />
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a full English breakfast. thankyouverymuch.mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-89185125512944366402014-07-09T11:02:00.001-07:002014-07-09T11:02:22.449-07:00bits of london town - king's cross<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
we spent a night near king's cross station before heading into the kent countryside. here are a few of my favourite moments:</div>
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">all photos taken with my canon 5d mark II</span></em>mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-63749198775778094122014-07-09T07:33:00.001-07:002014-07-09T11:05:41.489-07:00germany - for a daypart one of the Anaya adventure featured Frankfurt and a stop through in Brussels. <br />
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we flew from Anchorage to Frankfurt directly. it was a ten hour flight. <br />
phew.<br />
ten hours where sleep was not a favourite pastime. <br />
not even for the baby.<br />
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and honestly? it was fine.<br />
there were no melt-downs, no fits.<br />
amazing, really.<br />
perhaps it was because they were so excited to finally be GOING.<br />
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I'm not sure the reason,but after a stern talking-to about not being unreasonable later, I just let them be.<br />
they kept themselves occupied with books and the music players on the back of the seat screens.<br />
and then, miraculously, we were there. <br />
and Germany appeared outside the window.<br />
postage stamp farms and wee villages.<br />
greens and browns and flashing silver of the cars far below.<br />
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and then we were landing. (definitely not my favourite bit)<br />
we were through customs and had our bags and THEN, we were in Frankfurt.<br />
found our hotel and went walking.<br />
we only had an afternoon and wanted to figure out our train connections for the next day so spent the rest of our time walking around the train station, people watching and snacking. <br />
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the next morning, we were all up early (due to the time change) but also to catch our train to London!<br />
we made our first two connections without trouble.<br />
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our third connection, however, which was the train from Brussels to London, we missed.<br />
there were several reasons we didn't make it and in the end, it turned out to be for the best. <br />
they were most kind about rearranging our tickets and this allowed for us to get some lunch and relax a bit before boarding.<br />
and finally we were on our way!<br />
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our first glimpse of the English countryside was GLORIOUS.<br />
especially after the darkness of the tunnel (our train went under the water).<br />
and finally, finally we were at St Pancras Station. <br />
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to be honest, there were tears.<br />
if you can pardon the irreverence, a pilgrim to her mecca. <br />
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we were only in London for a day before we journeyed on to Kent for some much needed respite and time change adjustment. but we managed to do a few favourite things before we went on our way:<br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">all photos taken with my iPhone 4s.</span></em>mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-11134235083688638782014-06-26T12:45:00.001-07:002014-06-26T12:45:38.229-07:00the problem with Alaska pictures...the problem with Alaska pictures is that they never, never do the reality justice.<br />
we took a short break from packing for a few hours to hike in Hatcher Pass with friends a couple days ago.<br />
it was cold. colder than anticipated.<br />
cold yet stunningly beautiful.<br />
as we hiked through the clouds, I marveled that this magnificence in what is essentially our backyard. <br />
amazing.<br />
but when I came home and took an initial peek at my photos, I was disappointed. <br />
reality was so much better. <br />
despite my disappointment, I will share anyway. <br />
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mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-63382095327166771202014-06-26T12:13:00.002-07:002014-06-26T12:19:06.392-07:00a day in the life - part 3all of june, I've wondered when I should do another day in the life project.<br />
I initially picked a date but that day slid by and I completely forgot to pick up my camera.<br />
I set another date.<br />
again, I forgot to pick up my camera.<br />
now, as I stare down the end of the month and the beginning of the great-Anaya-adventure, I have no desire to post numerous captures of mounting battles between my to-pack vs to-stay piles. or to play the low-budget food photographer again. <br />
so. as my mind is elsewhere (trip details, rail connections and hotel names), I decided to post a few photos from the entire month of June. <br />
snippets of our life that I probably wouldn't get another chance to share. <br />
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I give you: Anaya family life - summer in Alaska edition (in date order)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a quiet evening by the fire</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my cuties goofing off before getting back into the car for a long drive home from anchorage</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">seven months</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">weird to have someone share my bed again</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">father's day walk</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">just dandy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">backyard "camp out"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">leaf marshmallows anyone?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mountain lake</td></tr>
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">some iphone 4s snaps. mostly canon 5d mark II.</span></em>mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-13719091365117211122014-06-24T16:52:00.002-07:002014-06-25T18:01:54.508-07:00to you. instead of goodbye.the tears came. unbidden.<br />
spilling from my eyes despite my furious blinking.<br />
making pools in the cups of my sunglasses. <br />
hand out the window, I waved.<br />
formed an I-love-you with my fingers.<br />
drove away, sobs stuck in my throat.<br />
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to an outsider, our parting wouldn't have looked out of the ordinary. <br />
certainly not a goodbye warranting tears.<br />
just one mom packing her littles into a mini-van in the driveway of another mom's home. <br />
yet, it was so much more than that.<br />
the end to six months of playdates, coffee dates. sanity savers. of long laughs and of silent, shared tears. of moments and memories that anchored my soul during lonesome and turbulent months.<br />
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our children forged friendships over creek mud and snails.<br />
dress up and calico critters.<br />
lunches of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and cheezits.<br />
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we solidified our kindred spirits across the counter sharing too many cups of coffee, chatting about Harry Potter and the insecurities we worry about in our children while we watched samuel grow from an infant sleeping in the carseat to a baby crawling all over the living room floor. <br />
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my dearest friend:<br />
I wish I could put into words what these past months have meant to me. <br />
often there were days that I wanted to be no where else than on your comfy chair, coffee in hand. <br />
a stable mooring in the rocking sea life had placed me. <br />
yes, I am leaving. <br />
leaving for a land I've long longed to travel.<br />
a dream come true.<br />
yes.<br />
but there is a small part of me that wishes to stay.<br />
you are the reason there are threads of hesitation pulling through my dream-come-true reality. (and that's not a bad thing!)<br />
<br />
thank you.<br />
thank you.<br />
for things you didn't even know you gave.<br />
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you are a poem, my friend.<br />
<strong><span style="font-size: large;">I.will.miss.you.</span></strong><br />
mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-91328025595583999242014-06-15T17:57:00.000-07:002014-06-25T17:58:49.643-07:00father's day 2014I've tried to find the words for this day. <br />
words to describe the joy and fulfillment of watching my children wake up on a sunday morning to find their daddy is home...this time for good. <br />
there really aren't any...no words that can fully capture the heart-bursting emotions of celebrating Father's Day with the man that has been gone for six long months.<br />
I will let the pictures speak instead.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>Samuel's dedication. Thank you Ashley and Sarah for your beautiful prayers.</em></td></tr>
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mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-69700120806896785742014-06-06T17:38:00.000-07:002014-06-25T17:40:26.855-07:00the inevitable reality...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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it's inevitable really.<br />
truly unavoidable.<br />
the midnight peeks parents take on their sleeping children.<br />
at the risk of waking them.<br />
at the risk of ruining a night's sleep for everyone.<br />
we just can't help it.<br />
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as quiet as can be...<br />
stealthy.<br />
ninja-style (as my husband has dubbed it)...<br />
we creep.<br />
creep to the crib. the cot. the mattress on the floor. the bed.<br />
fully asleep, they fail to notice us.<br />
we take in deep, inhaling breaths.<br />
trying to memorize their scent.<br />
the smell of sleep. soap. sweet baby sweat.<br />
of blankets. and milk. and dreams.<br />
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they sleep on.<br />
and we wish for earlier days.<br />
the just-new days.<br />
the days when you couldn't close your eyes for fear of missing something.<br />
drinking in the sight and the smell.<br />
we marvel.<br />
this gift from God.<br />
tracing ear lobes, nose bridges.<br />
inspecting every perfect eyelash.<br />
we watch them sleep.<br />
in gratitude.<br />
<br />
they sigh.<br />
we repeat the sigh, tinged with wonder.<br />
and thankfulness.<br />
astonishment at God's bounty.<br />
and His beautiful gifts.<br />
mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-66781260187317659142014-06-01T13:13:00.000-07:002014-06-25T13:17:30.951-07:00world travelers.six tickets purchased.<br />
it's happening.<br />
it's really happening.<br />
we're going.<br />
going on a dream-come-true journey.<br />
<br />
and I find myself conflicted.<br />
part of me is going the cheerleader routine, complete with shouts and jumps and union jack flag waving.<br />
the other part of me is reserved.<br />
I'm not sure why.<br />
maybe that part of me doesn't believe it's real...<br />
that this is really real.<br />
<br />
or maybe that's the scaredy cat part of me.<br />
the part that would rather sit somewhere with a book and a cuppa and read about a family that traveled the world together.<br />
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it's easier, you know.<br />
to sit. and watch life on parade.<br />
easier to flick through someone else's instagram feed.<br />
and dream.<br />
it's harder to go. to actually go and do.<br />
to experience.<br />
it's even harder when you're doing that experiencing with four kids in tow.<br />
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but it's worth it.<br />
it's oh-so worth it.mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-89846623369715126762014-06-01T12:26:00.000-07:002014-06-26T12:27:14.717-07:00happy birthday to you!I've already posted my thoughts on my five-going-on-fifteen year old.<br />
but I never got a chance to post pictures from her actual birthday and birthday party.<br />
she chose to have a few friends over to help her celebrate her day.<br />
we had a safari themed backyard bash - it was quite the fun event. <br />
a few snaps:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the "help the babies find their mamas" game I came up with...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I found one!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more singing. this time over cupcakes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">finally excited about this birthday business. even if it's not hers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the AH-mazing cake my friend made for us!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">happy birthday singing once more. can't have it sung too many times!</td></tr>
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mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-80145081828143263502014-05-27T13:17:00.000-07:002014-06-25T13:23:58.315-07:00thoughts like a hummingbird.I'm wandering about the house<br />
unable to concentrate on one single task.<br />
I pick up a plate from lunch, intent on putting it in the sink, only to set it back down and walk into the living room, only to do the same thing with a baby toy abandoned to the floor.<br />
my mind flits like a hummingbird - back and forth from one thought to another.<br />
I suppose one could say, "I'm all of a dither".<br />
an underlying current of excitement, like a pulse of a low volt battery glows inside me.<br />
humming with a constant source of energy.<br />
my brain jumps and starts in one direction then hops back to another seemingly unrelated path.<br />
all in response to a simple telephone call.<br />
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England is once more a possibility.<br />
a possible adventure for our family.<br />
perhaps for not as long a tenure as originally planned but the potential to go is once more dangled in front of me.<br />
the proverbial carrot I long to crunch.<br />
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all the reasons are there.<br />
they all make sense.<br />
but the money isn't.<br />
it just isn't readily available.<br />
and when one has to count on the sale of a house...one must pause.<br />
pause and consider.<br />
because as everyone's mother has told them: it doesn't do to count those chickens before they've hatched.<br />
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and so I sigh.<br />
and really try to rein in my emotions.<br />
but still, they scatter in all directions like a billiards cue breaking the rack of balls.<br />
and I find myself wandering about the house, without aim.<br />
wondering once more.mamaktbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052821539555011317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37437878.post-69798405880536898872014-05-19T17:26:00.000-07:002014-05-19T17:26:10.557-07:00a day in the life - part 2{get ready for an image overload. I ended the day with nearly 800 images. whoa. <br />
some of them will be featured in another post soon. for now, however, I give you a typical Saturday at our house.}<br />
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as I embarked on this month's "a day in the life" project, my only thought upon beginning was to make it different than the last (you can find that post <a href="http://www.mamaktbug.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-day-in-life.html" target="_blank">here</a>).<br />
I was determined to be more <strong>creative</strong>, more <strong>candid</strong>, more <strong>artsy</strong> in the month of may. <br />
I set the imaginary bar high.<br />
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during the first half of the day, my mind hummed with creative captions, witty explanations and thoughtful commentary to go along with the images I was capturing.<br />
I was going to explain that my first thought upon waking was of coffee (instead of my usual cup of english breakfast).<br />
I grappled with creative ways to tell the story of the night before, my daughters' decision to play silently in their room until I found them at 10:30, clad in only their - ahem - undergarments. and due to their lack of rest, they were beyond cranky and lethargic for most of the morning (until mandatory naptime was enforced).<br />
I thought of how I would caption certain images: <strong>taken with a baby on my back</strong>, as the wee man refused to nap for any significant length of time.<br />
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all these thoughts swirled through my brain. until lunchtime, that is.<br />
after lunch, all those thoughts were erased. <br />
replaced. <br />
cancelled out by a song. <br />
a simple song. <br />
but a song that nonetheless brought my heart to its knees.<br />
this melody restarted my creative vision for the day. <br />
I was scrubbing an overflowing sink of dishes with tears skipping down my cheeks, only to have them mingle with the sudsy dishwater. <br />
"knees to the earth" my heart sang along, as my throat was too constricted to form the words. <br />
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the song immediately following on my pandora station continued along the same bent, serving to inspire my mood even more. <br />
no longer a chore, an assignment to see how much I could improve upon the previous month's project but a renewed vision. <br />
no longer just one more thing in my already busy day.<br />
in a way, those words were rose coloured glasses to my day.<br />
tainting the minutes with their message of hope.<br />
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I have interspersed the lyrics of those two songs in between the selected images from that day to give you a picture of how my eyes saw my world through my viewfinder. <br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">all images taken 17 may 2014, in the order in which they appear.</span></em><br />
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Beautiful Jesus, how may I bless Your heart?<br /> Knees to the earth, I bow down to everything You are</div>
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Knees to the earth, here I am</div>
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Heavenly Father <br /> You always amaze me</div>
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Let your kingdom come <br /> In my world and in my life</div>
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You give me the food I need <br /> To live through the day</div>
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And forgive me as I forgive <br /> The people that wronged me</div>
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Lead me far from temptation<br /> Deliver me from the evil one</div>
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I look out the window <br /> The birds are composing<br /></div>
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Not a note is out of tune <br /> Or out of place</div>
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Better dressed than any girl <br /> On her wedding day</div>
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So why do I worry?<br /> Why do I freak out?<br /> </div>
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God knows what I need<br /> You know what I need<br /></div>
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Your love is<br /> Your love is<br /> Your love is strong<br /></div>
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Your love is<br /> Your love is<br /> Your love is strong<br /></div>
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Your love is<br /> Your love is<br /> Your love is strong<br /></div>
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The kingdom of the heavens <br /> Is now advancing<br /></div>
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Invade my heart <br /> Invade this broken town<br /> </div>
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The kingdom of the heavens <br /> Is buried treasure</div>
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Will you sell yourself <br /> To buy the one you've found?</div>
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Two things you told me<br /> That you are strong</div>
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And you love me<br /> <strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yes, you love me</span></strong></div>
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Your love is<br /> Your love is<br /> Your love is strong</div>
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Your love is<br /> Your love is<br /> Your love is strong</div>
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Your love is<br /> Your love is<br /> Your love is strong</div>
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Our God in heaven<br /> Hallowed be<br /> </div>
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Thy name above all names<br /> Your kingdom come</div>
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Your will be done<br /> On earth as it is in heaven</div>
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Give us today our daily bread<br /> Forgive us wicked sinners</div>
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