Active shadow

Hanging mountain bike casting an active shadow. 

Giraffe Pancake

Because one can.  I remember the special feeling of pancakes being shaped for me as a kid. I was able to pass the tradition with my nieces this morning.  Pancake batter is fairly easy to deal on a hot griddle...it stays where placed if right temperature. And, it helps if your audience is a happy kid.

Conspicuous Consumption and a whole lot of Eyed Plastic

Auntie Camp

For the past month or so, each week have my nieces over for "Auntie Camp."  Print an agenda, with blocks of time and the "area of study" the particular niece will experience.  My sisters and Mom join in...piano, sewing (origins of....wrapping saris, etc to hand sewing, to machine..doll clothes to the bag below) , cooking (what's for dinner? how to think of feeding yourself/others...more than opening the refrigerator door), science (bubbles, gases), geography (map making), book making, math games,  word camp, poems, making a mermaid, 3D construction, etc.   Fun for all!