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this morning's walk

Here are some shots from today's walk, all taken on our street.  I have this idea that bringing the camera along once a week will help us pay attention to the changing season.  Today we saw 3 fluffy caterpillars and lots of fallen acorns.  Oh, yeah -- also turkey vultures.

a smaller friend

Eleanor's word for ant, bee, dragonfly, spider, cricket, mosquito, and firefly is "BUGGY!  BUGGY!"  It always gets caps and an exclamation point.  This particular friend -- an ant -- was thrilling enough to merit the abandonment of fresh raspberries.

a small friend

Here's a recent night when we did take enough pictures.  In fact we took way too many, trying to get a clear shot of a friend in the background.  And as a concession to the course prep waiting for me tonight, I'm not taking the time to edit out the hammock pole.

Here's us in the backyard:

 Here's the friend (who actually appears in all the pictures above, too):

Can you see what Eleanor is pointing at?  This rabbit is less than15 feet away from our commotion.  He sat there chewing for the longest time while we chased the ball and giggled.  Fearless?  Or hungry?

cousins

Should I be posting right now?  Absolutely not.  I should be polishing up my course prep for the first day of classes tomorrow.  But I just found the misplaced camera, and there are these sweet photos to share.

I wish we'd taken more pictures during this visit, because these don't capture 1) Eliot's overflowing goofy 3-year-old energy or 2) Eleanor's fascination with Eliot's grownup charm.