The rain has begun...

Waiting at the Window

These are my two drops of rain
Waiting on the window-pane.

I am waiting here to see
Which the winning one will be.

Both of them have different names.
One is John and one is James.

All the best and all the worst
Comes from which of them is first.

James has just begun to ooze.
He's the one I want to lose.

John is waiting to begin.
He's the one I want to win.

James is going slowly on.
Something sort of sticks to John.

John is moving off at last.
James is going pretty fast.

John is rushing down the pane.
James is going slow again.

James has met a sort of smear.
John is getting very near.

Is he going fast enough?
(James has found a piece of fluff.)

John has hurried quickly by.
(James was talking to a fly.)

John is there, and John has won!
Look! I told you! Here's the sun!

A.A. Milne

We walked home in the rain today. It was lovely. And the sun didn't come out after any amount of raindrop races. Delightful.

after years of searching, i have finally found the answer to all of life's problems. there it was, all along. so simple, yet utterly mind-blowing: wrestling solves everything!

Fun with Jonas and Lucy

They couldn't stop laughing. They are such good friends.

Relenting...

Okay, I am hereby attempting to curb my luddite tendencies. I accept the internet has value. I admit blogs are not simply voyeurist journals with false voices. I will pretend no longer that I don't read all of your blogs and secretly delight in them. I will accept that people do care how we are and what we are doing. So in light of all of this, we present the Quammunist Manifesto.

I'm a Lumberjack, and I'm okay!

While tree is being brought out of the deep forest...
L: That is one big tree!!
J: Who do you think chopped it down?
L: Daddy!
J: No.
L: Pops.
J: Nope... (Dramatic Pause. Places hands on hips and puffs out chest.) I did!! I chopped it down!
L: (Gasp.) WOW!!