April 22, 2008 at 4:37 pm
· Filed under family, lilia, nature, philadelphia, photos
Ah, Spring. As someone with year-round allergies, you’d think I’d be used to the symptoms, but Spring Pollen and grass is at the top of my list. Aaachooo.
I have been facing my nemesis and heading outdoors anyway. Here are a few pictures from a walk to the playground today:
Pretty flowers in someone’s yard:

This didn’t turn out like I thought, but I wanted to document that today is election day. I thought the church was making a statement, supporting both candidates (the Clinton sign doesn’t show up that great), but really, the church was a polling place. That open wrought iron fence is, I believe, a Samuel Yellin piece.

Lilia still loves swings!





And one for good measure– Grampop visited last Friday. Look at these hams!

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April 17, 2008 at 2:00 pm
· Filed under lilia, photos
Our little yard has had daffodils and tulips in it since before we moved here. Last fall, Joe planted a huge amount of crocus and tulip bulbs, and I was anticipating a yard FULL of flowers.
But I forgot about the squirrels. They must have dug up at least half the bulbs immediately. And they keep watch for newly bloomed flowers– and decapitate them!
I did manage to capture a picture of Lilia and a freshly bloomed tulip today. It may be gone tomorrow. The squirrels are particularly mad at us because we just got a fancy anti-squirrel bird-feeder.

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April 2, 2008 at 4:16 pm
· Filed under family, lilia, photos, roadtrip
A weekend update on a Wednesday. I’ve been busy trying to get some homework done for my big class this weekend.
Somewhat spontaneously, the family drove to DC to see the Smithsonian Kite Festival. Of course, a visit to the DC area includes a visit with Aunt Maria– this was Lilia’s first trip down there, unless you count when she was in mah belly. And a visit with Aunt Maria includes a trip to see Pandas! We had a great time, even though we forgot to use sunscreen (I hope Lilia isn’t cursing me in 50 years for that!).
This post requires PICTURES, and here they are:
Aunt Maria teaching Lilia all about pandas:

I think this is Tai Shan:

A quick family portrait in front of the White House (taken by Aunt Maria):

Lilia completely shocked at the amount of kites in the air (again, Aunt Maria’s picture):

I liked this Cat Kite, but never saw it in the air:

This homemade kited looked really heavy, but it sailed right up when the breeze was there.

This serious kite handle belongs to a kite by Olivier Reymond:

Watch out for Kite-Eating Trees!

Best in Show… it’s an Unidentified Flying Mao!

An Old Cherry Tree:

Joe took a dozen pictures until he could get the leaves blurry and the Jefferson Memorial in focus:

And one final picture… my brand new camera (Canon PowerShot SD850 IS) has given me “unidentified images” a few times. I wonder what the deal is? Here is an example…

We had a great time at the kite festival, and Aunt Maria has given us her old kite. More on that when we get outside and get it in the air!
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