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  • The Hawk and the Snake

    The Hawk and the Snake

    It was a rainy day today after a beautiful weekend. I decided to go back to Valley Forge and see if I could find my hawk. And lo and behold, there in the field at the edge of the woods was a lone hawk sitting in the grass waiting for his breakfast to appear.…

  • Graduation and Serving Pie

    Graduation and Serving Pie

    What a weekend for Yumiko Chan. On Saturday she graduated from Japanese School after nine long years. She received her diploma and gave a wonderful speech in Japanese with her fellow graduate Jona sitting by her side practicing. Then later that evening she served a little pie at the final performace of Willy Wonka…

  • The Hawk

    The Hawk

    On Tuesday morning I was walking through the woods and came across another photographer. We struck up a conversation and he ended showing me, via the screen on his camera, photographs of a hawk he had stalked for the last few hours. His photographs were breathtakingly good. The light was marvelous, the hawk had…

  • Sunday Morning at the Franklin Institute

    Sunday Morning at the Franklin Institute

    Ain’t nothin as much fun as a Sunday Morning at the Benjamin Franklin Institute. Check out Yumiko on the High Wire!! And Ken (never touch sugar) eating an oatmeal raisin cookie AND a brownie. What’s the world coming to?!!?

  • Let It Be

    Three nights a week, every week, Yumiko has a ballet class in Narberth, PA. Narberth is a good 25 minute drive from our house on a few heavily traveled roads. I drove her there tonight for her 4:00 class. After dropping her off, I turned around to make the trip back home. On my…