A Quiver Full

Bubbled Beauties

2007-10-08T15:05:00.001-04:00

Goo & Punkin enjoy billions of bubbles...

Hush My Lion Dont' Fear My Lion Punkin Sleeps Tonight

2007-10-08T14:58:00.000-04:00

The little whispet sleeps on her lion, reluctantly succumbing to slumber.

Up From The Susquehanna

2007-07-29T22:11:00.000-04:00

A proud Pa, precious Pumkin and thirsty Thunder, stroll back to the van with the rustic charm of the Susquehanna as our hazy summer afternoon backdrop.

We stopped here and enjoyed the scenery on the way home from Grandma and Grandpa's house while Me-lah Bug enjoyed her third lunch.

The Great Bug Hunt

2007-07-29T21:57:00.001-04:00

Armed with only a keen sense of our exoskelital friends Goo & Pumkin search the vast expanse of Grandma and Grandpa's driveway for the elusive Japanese Beetle, an occasional Daddy Long Legs and the rare slug or snail...

At the Station...

2007-07-29T21:36:00.001-04:00

A Bug At the Beach
Bug's toes touch the chilly water for the first time

One small step for a Bug...no, pretty much a small step

A Beach Bum in the making

Goo...hard at work in the summer clad beauty of Park Station

Pumkin was demure over the chilly water...at first!

Goo...A Rainy Introspective

2007-07-29T20:31:00.000-04:00

I'm singing in the rain

Just singing in the rain

Come on with the rain I've a smile on my face

I'm happy again

I'm laughing at clouds

The sun's in my heart

What a glorious feelin'

Just singin', Singin' in the rain

Comfort Confections

2007-07-29T18:10:00.000-04:00

The Polka-doted Pumkin enjoys a ruby red ring sucker...childhood at its best!

A Disney Deluge

2007-07-29T13:15:00.000-04:00

This is generally a good indication the quiver has indulged in to much television for the day...

Speaking Of Panache!

2007-07-29T13:09:00.000-04:00

Pumkin in an eclectic mix of summers finest & wintry necessities...

Dickens Kid III

2007-07-29T13:04:00.001-04:00

Our little Dickens girl displaying her Pumkin panache...

Simply Beauty in Small Packages

2007-07-12T19:59:00.000-04:00

As the story goes they were in separate beds when they went to bed

Ice Cream: More Art Than Science

2007-07-12T19:55:00.001-04:00

Sometimes your inspiration comes so simply!

"Watcha Doin'?"

2007-07-10T20:03:00.001-04:00

Thunder and Pumkin...beautiful...

Two of Three Children Enjoyed This Moment

2007-06-30T17:08:00.000-04:00

Some days you just hang on for the ride.

Out...!

2007-06-30T17:02:00.000-04:00

DC is hard work

Lunch On The Mall

2007-06-30T16:59:00.000-04:00

With the "space ship" as the backdrop Goo, Pumkin and Daddy enjoy lunch after a fun morning at the National Aquarium.

A Contented Bug

2007-06-30T16:55:00.000-04:00

Such a pretty girl!

Sprinkler Fun!

2007-06-30T16:52:00.000-04:00

Goo & Pumkin enjoying one of summers more delightful treasures...sprinklers.

Me-Lah Bug Taking It All In

2007-06-30T16:48:00.000-04:00

Sometimes with an older brother and sister...this look is all you have.

A Quiet Introvert...Really!

2007-06-30T16:46:00.001-04:00

Goo discussing his latest discovery...

Dickens Kid II

2007-06-30T16:44:00.001-04:00

Sequels aren't usually better except perhaps when we are talking about our Pumkin...!

Saturday Morning Story!

2007-06-30T16:19:00.000-04:00

Daddy let's read this!

Twixt the Siblings

2007-06-21T08:10:00.000-04:00

Me-Lah Bug rests, perhaps a bit pensively, between Goo and Pumkin--but none the less at home in the quiver.

Introducing Me-Lah Bug

2007-06-21T07:58:00.000-04:00

The newest addition to the quiver nestled in her favorite place...close to us.

A Little Dickens Kid

2007-06-10T16:47:00.000-04:00

Or perhaps, like her grandfather, she is simply full of the Dickens...our little pumkin after a hard afternoon at play--dirt, dust and delight all in one package!

Daddy what can I shovel?

2007-06-10T16:36:00.000-04:00

As the temperature sored into the upper 90's on Thursday -- Goo with a snow shovel in hand is particularly fanciful on a Virginia evening...

Inquisitor Goo...before his haircut

2007-06-02T10:30:00.000-04:00

Holding tightly to the unrepentant caterpillar...Goo mulls his options!

Incredulous Inquisitor

2007-06-02T10:27:00.000-04:00

Considering the pleas of the heretic caterpillar...

A Caterpillar Inquisition

2007-06-02T09:57:00.000-04:00

Deep in the heart of the lawn, Grand Inquisitors Goo & Pumkin set about the task of ridding the front yard of the heretical gypsy moths that spoil the pastoral sanctity of the front yard...

2007-01-31T22:17:00.000-05:00

This is my brother, with whome I am well pleased.

By God's Grace more to come...

If not enjoy Uncle Spikey...

"Diddi"

2005-08-10T09:51:00.000-04:00

The boy with the tousled hair points to the sky with a quizzical look and asks "Diddi?" or is he declaring it to be so. Heaven rests in my heart at that moment. "Yeah, Diddi" I reply. I could melt. Or have I already.

I have been listening to men talk of the Father heart of God. It seemed tangible but never close. It's close now--yet how do I grasp it? What is the "Diddi" of me that will melt the heart of God. Can I point to no place in particular and say "Diddi" and will Abba Father's heart melt? I think so but what's my phrase? Oh to be free from the tyranny of a formula! The boy with the tousled hair didn't think of what he wanted to say to melt my heart--he said--it worked! "Diddi", "Diddi" I cry "Diddi", "Diddi"

On His first Christmas the boy with the tousled hair was once the boy who was trying to skip crawling. He was scared of the vacuum cleaner, he didn't like the noise it was loud it was not the sound of cuddles and coos and giggles and laughter that had permeated the rest of Christmas day. The loud machine was the only thing between him and Daddy. In a moment of courage far beyond his 10 months he crawled as fast as his legs could scoot him across the carpeted floor straight toward the roaring but it wasn't the roaring he was running towards. He looked past the roar to his daddy on the other side of the roar. He cried, scooted and came to my feet and all I could do was pick him and squeeze him in admiration and awe. "You did it Goo, You Did it"...All was well, the vacuum was now no longer a threat it was a very loud extension of daddy, all was well.

"Diddi"...show me how to run past the roar?