following are a few favorite posts from our former blog...
TABLE TALK - snippets of conversations at the supper table...
ar: "mommy, NObody wants to eat a TICK!"
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wt: "mommy, i was dreaming that i was a dog and when i flapped my arms i could fly!!!!! i really want to do that soon!!"
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ar: "mommy, is the water we drink rainwater or baywater? i think it's baywater but after it vabberates, then a little salt comes up but it gets stuck in the clouds. then it rains. then SOME people try to catch the rain and drink it, don't they? but WE drink it out of a CUP. but there is ONE way to get rainwater in a cup!! (he now holds his finger up in the universal 'A-HA' position) WHEN IT'S RAINING GO OUT AND HOLD UP A CUP!!!' (now laughing with glee) all the water vabberates and goes into the pipes and we can drink it out of the faucet, right mamma? - apparently "the magic schoolbus visits the waterworks" didn't really stick.
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wt: "mommy, i wish you could be a pony, and i could be a pony, and andrew could be a pony, and daddy could be a pony and we could ALL RUN REALLY, REALLY, FAST!!
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wt: "...but mommy, i really want to go to hell."
ok, this one was disturbing until he followed it up with:
"because i really want to see the egyptian army" (referring to the one that followed the israelites out of egypt and drowned in the river.) next followed a discussion about what Jesus did for us and why we wouldn't be going to hell. finally, to pacify him and to get on with the putting-on-of-pajamas that was now approaching the half hour mark, i told him that when he gets to heaven he could ask jesus to take him to ee the egyptian army. didn't work. my plan was thwarted...he got really upset and said "but mommy, what if Jesus tells me no, and there's a big hole that somebody dug and i fall out?"
Q: WHERE DO I GO FROM THERE?
A: THE SUPPER TABLE. luckily, andy saved me. dinner was on the table and nothing gets between wil tyler and food.
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wt: "here andrew, hold my hand and the pain will go into my heart and i will say a prayer and the angels will KICK it far away!!" wil tyler to andrew while riding in the van one afternoon. andrew had hurt his hand on his car seat and was crying.
(originally published 05/08)
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OSHA DOESN'T NEED TO KNOW...
the boys and i were driving into town a couple of days ago and we pssed andy going the opposite direction. the boys saw his monster truck pulling the trailer with the tractor on it and "the crowd went wild!" they could not WAIT to get home and climb all over it.
andrew reed helped plant an oak - our yard will never be pre-ivan again, but we're slowly trying to replace some of the lost trees. we planted three oaks and a turkey fig this weekend.
ok - i went inside to get the camera and heard lots of hoots and hollers. as i walked back out towards the mailbox i caught a glimpse of orange zip in and out of my line of sight. andy had that tractor parked out in the middle of the driveway and he was spinning it around and around, raising and lowering the bucket, with wil tyler in it - in the bucket! it was kind of like those kiddie rides at the fair- the elephants that fly.
and of course, AFTER andrew reed saw that wil tyler lived through the experience, he was all about trying it too!
(originally published 04/08)
PALESTINE GARDENS...mississippi with wendy and jackson
who were here visiting from santa fe for a couple of weeks. wendy's working on a project involving faith, road signs and jesus. ( check out her portfolios - www.wendyyoung.net read her entry describing the jesus portfolio. it's really enlightening.) for those of you that don't know, palestine gardens is on several acres of mississippi woods turned into a scale model of the holy land - in cinder blocks. folk are at its gray-est.
it was good medicine to get in the car with another photographer. its been so long since i've done that - ctually the last time was last june when i went to santa fe for 6 days and stayed with her!
andy, Destination - Oriented - Andy, decided to come along and film andrew reed interviewing brother don (?) at palestine gardens. i explained to him from the beginning that tis was a PHOTO road trip, which means that if someone in the car sees something on the side of the roa, and TEN miles later decides she cant live without making an image of it, we turn around and go back, and no one complains! he looked at me as if he was absolutely stunned that i would think that i had to explain that to him. hmmmm. but, you will all be pleased to know that Mr. Destination was quite a trooper. it probably helped that he didn’t get to drive!
(originally published 04/08)
